Understanding and Managing Grief, Sept 4 - Sept 11

From Grief Healing's Twitter stream this week:

• Women's Memoirs list of online memoir-writing classes, http://bit.ly/dgPKvB via @patmcnees

• "From tragedy come inspiration & love" Wonderful 9/11 story; must read http://bit.ly/aaguu1 via @Joannefunch

• Remembering the heroes of 9/11, http://bit.ly/dxKaBx via @americanwp

• Beautiful inspiring piece by a grieving dad, 9/11-A Day of Change, http://bit.ly/aCS8Fb via @GrievingDads 

• Magical thinking is normal in grief: Patrick Swayze's Wife Still Texts Dead Actor, http://ow.ly/18WPFV via @CressFuneral @GriefHelp 

• How much truth can children handle? http://cot.ag/c2K65B via @ewagele

• Four truths I've learned about grief, http://bit.ly/cavGs3 (Great article from Tyra Damm, via @KSBuckley) 

• Grief After Suicide: A Personal and Professional Perspective, http://bit.ly/c1uF33 by @BethSPatterson

• To lose a spouse is to lose a keeper of memories | Open to Hope Foundation, http://bit.ly/9xCGFH 

• If you know a man grieving the loss of a child, please share this beautiful site, http://bit.ly/aW2JAF via @Joannefunch

• "Be Patient" - Truisms About Grief, http://wp.me/pVxlX-2J via @GrievingDads

• The Magic of the Worry Dolls: Finding ways not to sweat the small stuff, http://bit.ly/aeds6z (Helping a grieving child, by @DoyleDiana )

• Lovely post about grief, In Life’s Dark Moments, Candy Brought Solace, http://nyti.ms/dv106U via @realdelia

• Mystical Experiences in Grief, http://bit.ly/d4XEic via @Why_We_Do_That 

• About the MISS conference, by Kara Jones, http://bit.ly/bnb74n via @MISS_Foundation

• Powerful - Now We Are Alone: Living On Without Our Sons | NPR http://n.pr/cvdMfs

• A Memory Game for Grieving Children | Open to Hope Foundation http://bit.ly/aT8UBq

• What to do with your wedding ring? See Widow's Voice: Ours to Mine http://bit.ly/b78AuE via @thegrieflady

• Awesome blog from Rachel, widow who attended American Widow Project's get-away last weekend http://bit.ly/aAJlTO via @americanwp

• Explore this widowed author's great new Web site: http://bit.ly/9Hp5QX via @HylaMolander