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A great Article on talking about your loved one

dleach
  • By dleach · Posted December 1, 2008
  • In Life after a loss · 0 replies
  • http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con tent/article/2008/11/21/AR2008112101748. html I think this captures the dilemma we face as we grieve ...

How to survive now that he is gone?????????

CKauf
  • By CKauf · Posted November 17, 2008
  • In The grieving process · 2 replies
  • I have never posted in this section, of course I was never bereaved bofore either. My 49 y/o husband died 10/5/08. I am so profoundly sad, every day seems to get harder, instead of easier. How long till ...

Boy didn't exspect this...

zedd1027
  • By zedd1027 · Posted November 12, 2008
  • In The grieving process · 2 replies
  • Woke up like anyother morning since Sept 11th, 08. But today the tears started when I put my first foot on the floor and have been going on since..I lost my one sister , my baby sister to this epidemic...and ...

The first anniversary- what no one told me

dleach
  • By dleach · Posted November 8, 2008
  • In The grieving process · 0 replies
  • Mason passed away on October 13th, 2007. I knew the first anniversary was going to be hard - but what I did not expect was how hard it actually was. You really relive the whole thing. From the last days ...

life after death

nikki_08
  • By nikki_08 · Posted November 5, 2008
  • In Life after a loss · 4 replies
  • i have being told by many people their is life after death. Also that there is something called the third eye which means you can talk to your dead family members i have being told about it but i have ...

Is this really my life???

2mmama
  • By 2mmama · Posted September 12, 2008
  • In Life after a loss · 4 replies
  • Not sure where to post this as I am new to this particular group. I am struggling to regain control of my life. My Mother was diagnosed with Lung cancer Oct. 29th, 2007. She fought that damn beast until ...

What have you done to celebrate birthdays?

dleach
  • By dleach · Posted September 10, 2008
  • In Life after a loss · 2 replies
  • Mason's birthday is coming up and my son keeps asking what are we going to do. Any ideas would be helpful ...

Mason would have started Kindergarten today

dleach
  • By dleach · Posted September 2, 2008
  • In Life after a loss · 1 reply
  • Today I dropped my older son at school and saw all of Mason's buddies beaming as they started kindergarten. One little guy came up and hugged my legs and said he thought there was kindergarten in heaven ...

Two years ago today

dleach
  • By dleach · Posted July 7, 2008
  • In The grieving process · 2 replies
  • Mason was diagnosed with his brain cancer. We moved out of our home overseas in 24hrs and began our war against brain cancer for 15 months. He lost his battle and our lives have changed so dramatically ...

the moments that catch you off guard

dleach
  • By dleach · Posted May 27, 2008
  • In Life after a loss · 0 replies
  • It is always when you don't expect it that it hits you. It is when a song comes on the radio, or when I see Mason's friends at school, or I find a drawing of his. The other day I was in Target and was ...

All the firsts

dleach
  • By dleach · Posted May 10, 2008
  • In Life after a loss · 1 reply
  • All the firsts are the hardest. Tomm is Mother's Day and I am just heartbroken. I just want Mason back- our life back, my sons together. Unrealistic, yes, but true. I am trying to remain positive but ...

Channeling grief in a positive way

dleach
  • By dleach · Posted May 1, 2008
  • In In the news · 0 replies
  • To see how we are trying to cope go to: http://www.comcastsportsnet.tv/pages/inn er_player?vidID=vidcast_650&feedID=304&s tartclip=1 It is really the only way I can stay sane some days thinking that maybe ...

Life after Death...

Monica65
  • By Monica65 · Posted April 19, 2008
  • In The grieving process · 9 replies
  • Does anyone in the group believe in life after death? My mom and i used to talk about a lot even before she was diagnosed. She's had experiences with her own mother when she passed. I thought having "readings ...

HOW CAN YOU PASS AWAY SO SUDDENLY (8 WEEKS LATER) FROM NSCLC STAGE IV

Tamster
  • By Tamster · Posted April 19, 2008
  • In The grieving process · 3 replies
  • Has any one else lost a loved one from this aggressive disease. I am trying to come to terms with this but feel I can't. Is there anyone else going through the same thing. Please read my journal for more ...

Do one positive thing a day

dleach
  • By dleach · Posted April 18, 2008
  • In Life after a loss · 1 reply
  • My dad- who has been through many losses in his lifetime- has always said do one positive thing a day in memory of the person you miss. We just reached six months of Mason being gone and some days it ...

Hi, I am new here

mamafrog33
  • By mamafrog33 · Posted April 12, 2008
  • In Life after a loss · 2 replies
  • Hi Everyone, I wanted to say hi and ask for some tips on coping with my grandpa's death . Him, my children and I founded a local support group for people touched by any kind of cancer. There was none ...

Is there life after a loss?

Monica65
  • By Monica65 · Posted March 31, 2008
  • In Life after a loss · 7 replies
  • So far i can't see past the loss to move on with my life. My mom Judi was my best friend and she passed 2/26/08 after just being diagnosed a month before. My mom was only 61 years old. I think about her ...

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