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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
Rays of Hope in Times of Loss: Courage and Comfort for Grieving Hearts [Hardcover]
Are you, or someone you know, grieving a significant loss? Rays of Hope in Times of Loss offers soothing guidance to help you discover the answer to many questions. It is filled with powerful therapeutic narrative, original poems, and photographs that reflect the different aspects of the emotional excursion through grief. In our fast-paced lifestyles of today, many people face loss with little guidance and insufficient time to genuinely recover. This book helps people receive beauty, wisdom, and meaningful answers about loss as they move through the maze of grief, without requiring long hours of study and heavy research. Better than a sympathy card or flowers, show how much you care by giving a copy as a gift to others or to yourself.
Word Cloud
Funeral Wreaths
Grief Poems
Her guardian angel loved her,
Maybe even more than I;
He knew that he'd be going Home
When told the day she'd die.
He'd been there since her time of birth,
Watched o'er her day and night;
His brilliant wings would shelter her,
He kept her in his sight.
He knew her hopes,
He knew her fears;
He loved her laugh,
He felt her tears.
He wrote down every word she spoke,
And heard her every prayer;
He followed every step she took,
Went with her everywhere.
The pain she felt before her death
Broke his strong heart in two;
It grieved him when he saw her thus
And nothng he could do.
But when she breathed her final breath
She saw his face so dear;
She knew he'd been there all her life
And now there was no fear.
For in his hand she'd slip her own,
And with him she would fly;
His massive wings would safely speed
To her new Home on high.
With Jesus there to welcome
This beloved burden...then...
The angel placed her in His care
Forevermore, Amen.
Copyright © 2002 Connie Cook. All rights reserved.
Visit the author's website at www.wordchimes.com/poetry/index.php?viewpoet=208
I didn’t choose you for myself
God did that you see
He knew what he was doing
it was our destiny
He gave us strength to rise above
the limits we endured
and gave us truth of spirit
that we were assured
In His greatest wisdom
He knew that we would see
the strength in unconditional love
that expands eternity
If time were to be measured
the years we had were few
but I thank God for all of them
and a brother such as you.
Copyright © 1991 by Judy Gagnon. All rights reserved.
In Dr. Bernie Siegel's new book, Buddy's Candle, a father shares a meaningful story from his childhood with his nine year old son. In a gentle way, the father describes how a loving dog named Buddy not only helped him to heal when facing a serious illness, but also changed his life in miraculous ways. Buddy's Candle is a touching and heartwarming story. In its gentle way, it helps us to deal with grief and teaches us how to live life fully and accept loss and death with an open heart. The original and charming illustrations by Mari Gayatri Stein take us on a joy filled adventure. These full spectrum color drawings add humor, and a heartfelt exuberance.
As a surgeon who has worked with people with life threatening illnesses for many years, Dr. Bernie Siegel shares in this story his belief that there is a light in each of us by God's/Dog's design. And, that we are all a part of the candle parade of light. As long as we remember to love, our candles will glow with life as will Buddy's candle across the Rainbow Bridge. This is a story both children and adults will find healing, uplifting, and inspiring.
Read more…
As I stand over you
I watch your lifeless body
Waiting for you to take a breath
Waiting for you to wake up,
As I'm sobbing
"Why won't you talk to me?"
What is this that I see?
All of your beauty and glory fading
I'm begging you,
I'm pleading,
Don't leave me.
Mommy, I love you,
Why don't you believe me?
Oh God, I can't believe what I'm seeing
I can't believe this is really happening
You're no longer with me
Happy and alive
This is the hardest thing,
I'm sorry, Mom
For all the bad things that I've done,
I can't stop this pain inside,
I've gone numb
My beloved mother
Rest in peace.
Copyright © 2002 by Amara. All rights reserved.
As the rain falls to the ground
My pride is tumbling down
The pain is running deep
As I stumble to my feet.
Can I hold the hurt inside
Should I just run and hide
Shall I yell for you to hear
All the hurt, pain and fear…
Does my body feel the pain
Of embarrassment or shame
As he tells his friends our sins
That he hopes to do again.
Does it thrill him to know
That my pain I need to show.
Does he even have a doubt
That I’m wanting to get out
Does he care how I feel
Or does he just want to steal
The love I thought we had.
A love that has turned bad.
Copyright © Carrie Keech. All rights reserved.
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