In Grief: Learning Independence at 40, Bereaved Daughter Shares Her Progress

If you truly want to be respected by people you love, you must prove to them that you can survive without them.  ~ Michael Bassey Johnson

A reader writes: I am presently not doing as well as I did in the past, I think it is because I think about this time last year and I was still in my old house caring for my parents until they both died, and now I am in the new one, and I guess I am just missing the old one a little bit… I still miss mom and dad but I think a lot of it is because I am lonely and think of them as my family and now I feel I have no one. The reason I am writing to you is to ask if you could help me with a problem I have. I am scared to death to learn how to drive...

Understanding and Managing Grief, May 26 - June 1, 2013

Best selections from Grief Healing's Twitter stream this week:

Excellent read! Understanding Traumatic Grief — Mass Violence, Shattered Lives http://j.mp/10HamGH « Social Work Today

Powerful story of friendship, grief in the wake of suicide, and lessons learned: I Should Have Been Finding Him Reasons To Live, http://j.mp/117r3ql « The Good Men Project

Pick of the Week: The Invisible String teaches ties that bind in grief, http://j.mp/13rCsnN « Advent Funeral

Updated May 31: Tips for Coping with Sleeplessness in Grief, http://j.mp/hkoXnZ « Grief Healing Blog

Grief Is Overflowing Love: A Mourning Son's Story, http://wp.me/p1l0Zh-hw « GriefMinister.com

Caregiving and Hospice, February 17 - February 23, 2013

Best selections from Grief Healing's Twitter stream this week:

Therapy Helps For Traumatized Caregivers, http://nyti.ms/XFbBCP from @PureEssenceLabs via @nytimeshealth

Reclaiming Your Life: National Email Newsletter for @LeezaGibbons Memory Foundation, http://conta.cc/15Cmj1x

Euthanasia’s Euphemisms, http://shar.es/j3ta2 via @_lizzy_ « First Things

For the hearing impaired: How to Turn On Subtitles When Watching Movies at Home, http://j.mp/XHWJU6

Hospice: transitioning from a curative medical model to a life-enhancing one, http://bit.ly/ZmRQQF via @hospicepharmacy

Caregiving and Hospice, October 7 - October 13, 2012

Best selections from Grief Healing's Twitter stream this week:

• GeriTech: Neat new way for families to find in-home caregivers, http://j.mp/OYOWBc
  
  
• Saturday, October 13 is World Hospice and Palliative Care Day! http://ow.ly/eoCOC
  
  
• Christian Sinclair on Why We Should Get on Twitter, http://j.mp/RTA4Ck « GeriPal
  
  
• 3 Generations Gather for End-of-Life Conversation, http://j.mp/RmwzFj « ABC News
  
  
• For many, hospice eases relationships, http://j.mp/WXhkTQ