February 2009 Blog Posts (18)

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It's only been a week

But it seems like a lifetime now that my Dad died a week ago.

Mom is living by herself. She says she wants to. We shall see. I tell her to cry whenever she can and let it out. I cry when I am not around her, trying to be strong for her.

Last night I was not strong when I realized I would not see my Dad walk into my house again or joke with my girls. They would not get to know Grandpa as the great Dad I had growing up and into adulthood. I am 34 and got to know him for those years. He… Continue

Added by Anne on February 26, 2009 at 1:36pm — 1 Comment

My birthday

I hated my birthdays after the age of 22. Honestly, I thought birthdays were for young people waiting to become teenagers, turn 16, 18 and 21. Over the years, I whined and at times cried on Feb. 23. I remember a couple birthdays my mom called me and I just said "uh, thanks, you know I don't really like celebrating my birthday." Wow, did those words come back to haunt me. Yesterday, the biggest voice of my life was unheard. No phone call from my mom. I did receive many calls, birthday wishes and… Continue

Added by Tammy on February 24, 2009 at 5:25pm — 1 Comment

The Heaven on Earth Stage of Spiritual Development

Two millennia ago, Yeshua taught about the kingdom of God and lived the model humankind could emulate in its evolution toward spiritual maturity. Some individuals today model Yeshua’s teaching, and we can see glimmers of it in books and movies that end with love conquering all and people living together in brotherhood. But for society as a whole, Yeshua’s teachings have had little effect. We are living in a spiritual dark age.



Materialism has consumed the collective psyche of… Continue

Added by Diana, Grief Recovery Coach on February 18, 2009 at 7:30am — No Comments

About the Continuity Of Our Consciousness - Near Death Experiences

ABOUT THE CONTINUITY OF OUR CONSCIOUSNESS

Pim van Lommel



In: Brain Death and Disorders of Consciousness. Machado, C. and Shewmon, D.A., Eds. New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow: Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology Adv Exp Med Biol. 2004; 550: 115-132.



SOME TYPICAL ELEMENTS OF NDE (Near Death Experience)



4.1. The Out-of-Body Experience



In this experience people have veridical perceptions from a… Continue

Added by Diana, Grief Recovery Coach on February 16, 2009 at 7:53am — No Comments

Inspiration

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience. - Teilhard de Chardin

Added by Diana, Grief Recovery Coach on February 15, 2009 at 4:14pm — No Comments

Daily Inspiration - Ashanti Saying

Every time an earth mother smiles over the birth of a child, a spirit mother weeps over the loss of a child.

Added by Diana, Grief Recovery Coach on February 14, 2009 at 7:01am — No Comments

Online Grief Support Groups - Mary Beth Adomaitis

Online support groups offer individuals:

• A chance to share their grief with others who went through the same situation

• Information about memorials and funerals

• A place to talk about their loved ones without feeling unwelcome or uncomfortable

• A safe place to post poetry, photographs, journals or articles about the person who died

• The ability to remain anonymous

• An opportunity to meet locals who can offer… Continue

Added by Diana, Grief Recovery Coach on February 12, 2009 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Trudging through muck

Today's the 4 week anniversary of my son Jack's death. I feel like I've been trudging through chest deep muck. And seriously, it feels either like I've felt this way forever or for a few hours. I can't believe that it has been 4 weeks since he left this earth. I'm journalling notes to him most nights. There are so many things that happen each day that I would normally tell him. It's hard to see his friends at the grocery store or gas station and know that their life is going. I almost resent… Continue

Added by Margaret R. on February 12, 2009 at 3:17pm — 1 Comment

Daily Inspiration - Mark Hundley











“The healing is the mourning part and you have to find a way to express your emotions in an open, public manner through creative ways or physical activities, such as walking, running, sports, gardening, or getting a therapeutic massage. Mourning is a process and not an event. It's individual. Everyone will heal in different ways and at different rates,” - Mark… Continue

Added by Diana, Grief Recovery Coach on February 11, 2009 at 11:00pm — 3 Comments

Daily Inspiration - Christine Duminiak

“People from all walks of life and with different belief systems have received spiritual contacts from their loved ones who have died.” - Christine Duminiak



Listed Below are Examples of 20 Common Types of Afterlife Signs identified in Christine Duminiak’s book,… Continue

Added by Diana, Grief Recovery Coach on February 10, 2009 at 11:00pm — 6 Comments

Daily Inspiration

Sit quietly today for just a few minutes and clear your mind. Then clear something from your schedule. You and your family are more important than any to do list.

Added by Diana, Grief Recovery Coach on February 10, 2009 at 9:13am — No Comments

5 important lessons about how we treat people . . .

1 - First Important Lesson - Cleaning Lady.



During my second month of college, our professor

gave us a pop quiz. I was a conscientious student

and had breezed through the questions until I read

the last one:



'What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?'

Surely this was some kind of joke. I had seen the

cleaning woman several times. She was tall,

dark-haired and in her 50's, but how would I know her name?



I… Continue

Added by Diana, Grief Recovery Coach on February 9, 2009 at 7:23am — No Comments

in the beginning...

I apologize already: this will be a boring post. I just want to put down a little history, mostly to help me keep things straight in my mind.



This story starts in 1975, less than a year after I met my husband. In that year, he was in a motor vehicle accident and suffered a number of serious internal injuries. Repairing the damage required that he receive 14 units of blood and as it turns out, one of those units was contaminated with a slow, secretive, but deadly… Continue

Added by marie robitaille on February 8, 2009 at 11:40pm — 2 Comments

Mark, Dad & My life now

I always thought my husband could fix anything. I mean he always had! If I was upset or angry, he just seem to talk me through it and I was Ok again.



Then mom died, and even Mark couldn't fix it.



I remember the night I got the phone call that mommy had passed away. My sister called and told me mom had passed away, (I have two sisters in Oregon, and two brothers in Utah) but it's like I wasn't really hearing it. I remember saying 'What' like three times, then just yelling.… Continue

Added by Amy S on February 8, 2009 at 4:00pm — 1 Comment

11 year old abducted and raped less than a mile from my house.

Pray that we catch these criminals. I have an 11 year old daughter and my heart breaks for this little girl and her mom.



http://www.cfnews13.com/News/Local/2009/2/6/suspects_sought_in_abduction_sexual_battery.html…



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Added by Diana, Grief Recovery Coach on February 7, 2009 at 6:47am — 4 Comments

first post

My husband died almost three years ago. He was really much too young to die and I was much too young to become a widow but there is usually not too much you can do about these things. My mother-in-law has been a widow for a long time and has many widow-friends and she says that in her experience, three years is kind of a magic number for adjusting to your Changed Life after losing your partner. She is quite an expert on this sort of thing and I trust her judgment. Am I expecting some sort of… Continue

Added by marie robitaille on February 7, 2009 at 12:17am — 1 Comment

I wept when I read this poem

This first person I thought about sharing this poem with was my son, Jack. He wrote so many poems and songs. I've spent much of the past few weeks picking up the phone to text message or call him.



Perfection Wasted



And another regrettable thing about death

is the ceasing of your own brand of magic,

which took a whole life to develop and market -

the quips, the witticisms, the slant

adjusted to a few, those loved ones nearest

the lip of the stage,… Continue

Added by Margaret R. on February 5, 2009 at 9:08am — 2 Comments

When God and Grief Meet by Lynn Eib



I found this book to be very easy to read. I felt like I was sitting with Lynn Eib and she was talking to me personally. It was very comforting and I feel like Lynn is a close personal friend. She has a way of writing that just touches your soul. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Order your copy here: When God & Grief… Continue

Added by Diana, Grief Recovery Coach on February 2, 2009 at 9:00pm — No Comments

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