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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.
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Book Corner
Still grieving the death of her mother five years on, Mary Sullivan has been living on autopilot. Immersing herself in the daily details of taking care of her two teenage sons and husband, she gets by with occasional lapses of overwhelming grief. During a quick stop at a luncheonette, she breaks down again only to be helped by Cathy, the young woman manning the counter. Cathy's compassion is quickly reciprocated as Cathy finds herself motherless following a tragic accident. As Mary guides Cathy through the technical and emotional aspects of a loved one's death, Mary's family grows resentful of this interruption to their domestic routine. Author and playwright Rentschler (Jitters) has beautifully blended convincing characters, perceptive portraits of family relationships and friendships, and insight into the human capacity for healing and renewal. Recommended for all popular fiction collections.
Word Cloud
Funeral Wreaths
Grief Poems
My world is so much lonelier without you… I don't trust as much, nor do I allow others the opportunity to, They don't know me, haven't taken the time to do so and that's fine with me.
You knew me, better than I know myself and I remember this so clearly, yet it took time, it took time to listen to me, talk with me, and look within my soul, exercise patience with my moods.
You did that for me and for that, I am eternally grateful, very appreciative and more patient with others.
I just haven't found anyone else like you and I don't think I ever will.
I've come to this time in my life where I cannot put into words the desire I have to hold you again.
Inspiration: "We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be
absent from the body and to be present with the Lord." 2 Cr 5:8
Even though my eyes are closed
I know that you are still near.
Even though I cannot speak
You can, and I can still hear.
Tell me anything, talk about your day
Better yet, hold my hand-and maybe even pray.
It's almost time for me to go
To leave this shell behind
This disease has destoyed my body
But it did not touch my mind.
Even though my time on earth
Has come to a painful end
I am in the most wonderful place
I am with Jesus, my very best friend.
Copyright: Lessa 11-25-2001
Why you had to go, I will never know, after all you were only three years old.
You were such a loving child, so full of life, after all you were only three years old.
When you woke up sick that morning, I thought you just had a cold, after all you were only three years old.
When I took you to the doctor, they sent you to the hospital for test, after all you were only three years old.
I couldn't believe you could get so sick so fast, after all you were only three years old.
I waited in the room until a nurse came to tell me that my baby was gone, after all you were only three years old.
I couldn't understand how a strong beautiful boy could be here one minute and then gone forever the next minute, after all you were only three years old.
You still had so much to see and learn, now I'll never see you loose that tooth or go to school, after all you were only three years old.
You are everywhere I go, in my office, at home, in my heart, after all you were only three years old!
I know I will be with you someday, to see your sweet face and beautiful green eyes, after all you were only three years old.
I love you Tyler.
My wife is now dealing with her father's sudden death from a stroke at the age of 54. She was his little girl. My heart reaches out for her.
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