Ultimately it is [the] identification, validation, and exploration of their pattern of grief or adaptive grieving styles that grieving indiv...

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late . . . the love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply...

People who suddenly lose a spouse or a child to murder, suicide or an accident often benefit from being allowed to see the dead person’s bod...

There are always two parties to a death; the person who dies and the survivors who are bereaved.    ~ Arnold Toynbee A reader writes: I l...

Is solace anywhere more comforting than in the arms of a sister?   ~ Alice Walker When a young life is lost, the grief ripples outward in wa...

The moment I decided to follow instead of lead, I discovered the joys of becoming a part of a small child's world.   ~ Janet Gonzalez-Me...

Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.   ~ J.K. Rowling A reader writes: Nearly a ye...

I desire no future that will break the ties of the past.   ~ George Eliot A reader writes:  I have been told several times by people to ...

A knowledge that another has felt as we have felt, and seen things not much otherwise than we have seen them, will continue to the end to be...

To the outside world we all grow old. But not to brothers and sisters. We know each other as we always were. We know each other’s hearts. We...