Grief triggers – your deceased loved one’s birthday, the anniversary of your loss, and holiday festivities – are a recovery challenge. How will you respond? Will you continue to move forward with life or will …

After my husband died, I began to eat “carry out dinners.”  And I ate them alone, sitting on the couch in the den.
 
Then one night, while I was standing in a Mexican restaurant waiting for …

After my physician husband completed his tour of duty in Vietnam, the Air Force sent him to a base in Selma, Alabama.  He was the commander of the medical group.  My husband and I, and …

Join Drs. Heidi Horsley and Gloria Horsley for the next ”Healing the Grieving Heart” radio show. Visit this address to listen to or download a podcast: http://www.voiceamerica.com/voiceamerica/vshow.aspx?sid=1053
 

1st Guest: Rosalie Stolinski Siciliano
After 41 years of sharing a life together, Rosalie Stolinski …

Over the years, my experience around Valentine’s Day has softened and shifted focus.
The first year after my husband’s death, I wanted to crawl in a hole the minute I saw that first red and pink …

A gentle giant you were.
Heaven’s blue eyes, and
A handsome smile.
Stories of past
Written on your face.
Poems of present in your heart.
A courageous soldier
You fought for our freedom.
A loving husband and father.
Hands of strength
And, shoulders of steel.
A …

 
The left side of the bed where my husband used to sleep remained neatly made, hardly a ripple disturbing the quilted surface. I slept on the right side each night, where I had been for …

How much did I love Christmas? I would start my Christmas shopping in July of each year. I was the social convener of the century, organizing party after party. And, of course, a real tree …

December 31st has come and gone ten times since my husband Bob was murdered. While ringing in the New Year with friends, Bob left our dinner table to check on the home of a vacationing …

      My husband is dead!
      My husband isn’t here anymore!
      I don’t have a partner anymore!
      I reach over to his side of the bed and it’s cold and empty.
      Look around…..I’m looking….the coffee cup is …

“Grief is the price you pay for love,” said therapist Carol Nevin at the December meeting of the Widows List Group at the Northbrook, Ill., Senior Center.
Carol was there to discuss “Grieving During the Holidays,” and her visit was perfectly …

As I get closer to the third anniversary of my daughter’s death, I struggle with opposite emotions. I feel the pain of death and the joy of living. The first year after my daughter died …

I still have a powerful relationship with my daughter Jeannine six-and-one-half years after her death. I believe that my relationship with her extends to other people in my life.
I have been an adjunct professor at …

Our roles in life define us.  Parent, spouse, student, employee, sibling, and offspring are some examples.  Our identity is shaped by these roles. 
Before my husband’s death, my defining roles were mother, wife and caregiver.  With …

I expected to have this “grieving thing” wrapped up within a year. The way I saw it, I was 47 and probably had less years ahead of me than behind. I was willing to grieve …

Guest:  Bonnie Carroll
Bonnie Carroll  Director of TAPS, the national Veterans Service Organization providing resources to those affected by the death of a loved one serving in the armed forces. Ms. Carroll founded TAPS following the …

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