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		<title>Father&#8217;s Death Leaves Young Widow Reflecting</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 09:28:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine Thiele</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Five years ago, my kids&#8217; dad died.  Their father died from pancreas cancer.  I did not know what it was like to lose a parent. Both my parents were still living.  They were still married ...]]></description>
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		<title>Dying Woman Experiences Heaven Before Death</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 09:41:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Jane R. Westerfield</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After my father, Bishop Frank L. Robertson (Brother Frank), retired from the Episcopacy of the United Methodist Church, he was asked to be the founding pastor of a new church on St. Simons Island, Georgia.
He ...]]></description>
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		<title>To We Who Have Lost Our Fathers, Happy Father&#8217;s Day</title>
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		<comments>http://opentohope.com/dealing-with-loss/death-of-a-parent/to-we-who-have-lost-our-fathers-happy-fathers-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 09:29:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ligia Houben</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago, it was my father’s birthday.  Although he died 38 years ago, his memory is always in my heart. And it is in these days &#8212; anniversaries, birthdays, Father’s Day &#8211; that his ...]]></description>
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		<title>Father Died Young but Left Lasting Legacy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2010 09:31:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robbie Miller Kaplan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I see my mother everywhere. Though I never looked like her, I can now see a physical resemblance and so many of my qualities remind me of her. Not so for my dad. Everyone said ...]]></description>
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		<title>My Father&#8217;s Legacy: Respect, Hard Work, Love of Country</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 09:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ellen Gerst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My father was an immigrant who came to the United States when he was 15 years old. As he did not speak a word of English, he joined the kindergarteners in learning the language. Each ...]]></description>
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		<title>Remembering Dad in Poetry</title>
		<link>http://opentohope.com/dealing-with-loss/death-of-a-parent/remembering-dad-in-poetry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 09:51:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Gray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Father’s Day in 2007 was one of the real highlights of the relationship I had with my dad.  Mom had died in May, 2007. Dad was wearing out (he was 94), but hung on until ...]]></description>
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		<title>The Miracle of the Vigil</title>
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		<comments>http://opentohope.com/dealing-with-loss/death-of-a-parent/the-miracle-of-the-vigil/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:55:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Jane R. Westerfield</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Friday, November 5, 1999, as the sun rose over the ocean at St. Simons Island, Georgia, my mother, LuReese Watson Robertson, quietly yielded her spirit to God’s eternal care.  The week before had been ...]]></description>
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		<title>Love Never Dies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 09:38:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Claire M Perkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I sat with my father for the last time on Thursday, the 18th of December, 2008. His condition was not much different from the past several days; he was sleeping and unresponsive. For so many ...]]></description>
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		<title>Mother Taught Son How to Grieve With Dignity</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2010 09:22:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Roberts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My mother, Sadie B. Roberts, died on March 11, 1994 at the age of 77, due to complications arising from a massive bacterial infection. She died less than 24 hours after being admitted to the ...]]></description>
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		<title>Making Amends After Mom is Gone</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2010 09:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clara Hinton</dc:creator>
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