Last year, when the 30th anniversary of my friend Curtis’ death was coming up, I set out on a journey of healing, to clean out whatever vestiges of internal emotional and psychological damage that might …

The body is gone, but the love remains. This is the bottom line for so many of us.
We may miss the person’s physical presence, but more often it’s the person’s mind/soul/body presence which we long …

Imagine that you’re preparing for a thirty-day trip to a foreign country and you’re limited to taking only what can be carried in a backpack. Your decisions on what to take or leave behind will …

Last year, when the 30th anniversary of his death was coming up, I set out on a journey of healing…

Our son Billy crossed over to heaven on June 26, 2004, four days before his 29th birthday. Billy was killed instantly while riding his ATV at night, hitting a tree.
My first goal was to try to …

By Anne Hamilton, M.F.A.
I was saddened by the news of Michael Jackson’s sudden death on June 25th.
We were kids together. We grew up together. We both sang and danced little routines, and had dreams of …

By Anne Dionne –??
It was Mother’s Day, 2001.? The boy whom I cherished the most, my son Michael, was 19 years old and slipping out of my grasp too quickly.
Where was that little boy with …

By Anne M. Hamilton, M.F.A. –
I’ve been writing a play about four women who have lost their men accidentally or suddenly. Some losses happen in fatal accidents and some through illness. I am sharing in …

By Guy Dusseault –
Our story begins on June 27, 2004, a beautiful Sunday morning. At around 10:00 am, our lives changed forever. We received the most devastating news any parent could ever receive, that one …

By Anne Hamilton, M.F.A. –
On November 25, Gerald Schoenfeld, the longtime Chairman of the Shubert Organization, suffered a heart attack in his Manhattan home. Shock waves went through the Broadway community. I was devastated by …

By Rosemary Smith – ?
Who are we?? What really matters?? Is it possible to find true happiness after a great loss?? These were some of the questions we tried to answer in the film my …

By Anne Dionne –??
A couple of years after my son Michael died, I was sorting through some things which I had saved from our children’s school years. I came across a Valentine card which depicts …

HEALING THE GRIEVING HEART
Losing a Child and a Firefighter Husband 9/11
Hosts:? Dr. Gloria Horsley and Dr. Heidi Horsley
With guest:? Anne Byrnes
April 19, 2007
G:?Hello.? I?m Dr. Gloria Horsley with my co-host
H:?Dr. Heidi Horsley.
G:?Each week we welcome …

APRIL 19, 2007 – LOSING A CHILD AND A FIREFIGHTER HUSBAND IN THE AFTERMATH OF 9/11 BROKEN HEART/BROKEN HEALTH:? ANNE BYRNES.? For many years Anne had an idyllic life. She was happily married and had …