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Participate in a Research Study
If you have experienced the death of a loved one in the past ten years and are over eighteen years old, we invite you to participate in a brief online study of the ways that individuals make sense of and find meaning in loss. All participants will be entered in a raffle to win one of two $50 gift certificates to Amazon.com.
Your participation will contribute to a better understanding of grief and loss. The researchers, Dr. Brian Vandenberg, and Rachel Hibberd, are most grateful for your time and help in completing the study. If you have any questions, please e-mail rhibberd@umsl.edu. The study has been approved by the Institutional Review board of the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
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Book Corner
A grandfather's death inspires his grandchildren to create a book of wishes in this sensitive portrayal of dealing with the loss of a loved one. When Anna and her little brother Joey hear the sad news about their Poppy's death, they begin to think about what they would do if they could have one more day with him. They smile thinking about Poppy’s crazy birthday hat, giggle at the silly songs Poppy used to plunk out on the piano, and laugh out loud at the weekly chicken-soup game they played with him at the deli. As the list grows into a pile, the pile becomes a book—a book of wishes for one more day with Poppy—or, as their mother explains, a memory book of the love and fun they shared with him, since all of their wishes have already come true. This treasured memento celebrates Poppy’s life and helps Anna and Joey keep his memory alive for years to come.
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Funeral Wreaths
We all have lived through many types of losses. Some of us handle it better than others and there is nothing wrong with that. In today's economy, people are losing jobs, insurance, their cars, their homes, their good health - some due to stress.
Anyone who's truly suffered during a period of their lives - and has also leant fully on God within that tumult - knows this powerful truth of the Spirit. Indeed, anyone who's seen someone suffer, admirably taking up the chalice in a weird, transient joy, has probably known the envy one has in not feeling that powerful Presence of the risen Lord in and about them, as the one suffering does.
Let's face it, most loss is irredeemable. That's the fact that makes it impossible to reconcile in the shorter term - that we can't do anything to 'fix' this now. We cannot go back to undo or redo what was done.
More often than not, it seems as though finality isn't always accompanied by understanding. Loss isn't like reading a novel and knowing that the end is inevitable, by merely turning the pages to a few more chapters. Loss creeps up, by way of surprise and then leaves you hanging in the balance while therefore trying to make sense of insatiable emotions.
Time well spent is time forever emblazoned in our hearts and minds. With love, we pine to relive those cherished moments all over again. To be able to hold the hand of our loved one, to share a kiss, or exchange a look of love; that categorically pierces the soul.
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