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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.
Click here to participate:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2DTKDZ9
Book Corner
Seasons of Solace: A Story of Healing through Photos and Poems [Hardcover]
In shock after her husband was killed by a drunk driver while living in Thailand, Janelle Shantz Hertzler began searching for a way through the pain. Her struggle to make sense of her loss and find peace resulted in this moving collection. Told through heartfelt poetry and inspiring photography, Seasons of Solace expresses the spiritual journey of a grieving woman moving toward acceptance.
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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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