The double doors are closed to Three North at Stanford Children’s Hospital, where my daughter Madison is supposed to get her chemotherapy. It’s our second session, Maddy is seven months old sitting patiently in her …

Ed Gray of Howell, Michigan, is reaching out to others by sharing his story, a bereavement story of both sadness and triumph.  He lost his parents and his wife in just over one year’s time.  His …

We are thrilled to bring you the news that the Andre Sobel River of Life Foundation will be featured this Saturday on CNN!
CNN anchor Frederica Whitfield will anchor the story of a mother …

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
Guest:  Mel Menzies
Mel Menzies is an Author and Speaker, who lives in …

Until her last breath, I never believed my daughter Madison was going to die.  Three years after she took that last breath I considered that maybe she wouldn’t be coming back.  Denial is a huge …

In 1987, when I was eighteen years old, my mother was diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukemia two weeks prior to Christmas. We brought Christmas to her in her hospital room that year in …

Nancy Rappaport, a Harvard child psychiatrist, was only four years old when she lost her mother to suicide. Years later, Nancy investigated her mother’s life and the mysteries surrounding her death, looking at the past …

I just finished my weekly phone chat with my friend Nancy. Last year, Nancy’s mother, father, and brother all passed away within 6 weeks of one other, each from different illnesses. Her brother Brian was …

It had been a warm summer, the breeze filled with the scent of sweet jasmine.  The bright magenta of the Bougainvillea bloomed with fierceness, its roots running deep, tapping into the water below.  It bloomed …

Sally and Steve Baldwin of the Dying to Live Again Foundation have raised the funds to offer a retreat for 7 moms struggling with the loss of a child.  The retreat will be conducted at a beautiful …

Around 1:30 in the afternoon, Dec. 7, 1993 – by coincidence, Pearl Harbor Day – I put my three-year-old son, Michael, down for his nap, went to my office, turned on the intercom, and began …

Question from Nancy: My new partner and I have experienced much joy since finding each other. Both of us have been previously married, and both of us have children. Mine are 21 and 25, while …

We recommend “Departures,” the 2009 Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Language Film, currently in theaters. “Departures” is a moving, inspiring glimpse into Japan’s cultural heritage of caring for a body after death.
When a young cellist …

By Lisa Buell –
I got a truck full of manure delivered to me the first Mother’s Day after my daughter Madison died. I had been sleeping in, hoping the day would turn to night before …

By Nancy Gershman –
Three times on Mother’s Day, I’m going to raise my glass to my mother Eveline.? For breakfast, it’s going to be black coffee with a cheese Danish. For lunch, it’ll be a …

By Nancy Manahan, Ph.D., and Becky Bohan. M.A. –
In their last Open to Hope posting, “Washing Diane’s Body: Caring at the Crossroad,” Nancy described the extraordinary ritual of washing Diane’s body. In this installment, Nancy’s …