Stan Goldberg
March 14, 2010 – 1:10 am | No Comment

As someone who’s living with prostate cancer, I applauded Louis Gossett Jr.’s testimony in Congress on the importance of prostate cancer research funding. If Congress was listening, maybe I’ll live long enough for something else …

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My Daughter Was My Hero
March 12, 2010 – 1:42 am | No Comment
Mary Jane Hurley Brant

My daughter, Katie Brant, was my hero. 
She was given an overwhelming challenge which she met valiantly, fearlessly and always with a greater good in mind.  I witnessed Katie’s bravery early on when she marched down …

Military Families: The Shock of ‘Killed in Action’
March 8, 2010 – 1:22 am | No Comment
Kevin Quiles

One early weeknight, I accompanied military personnel to announce the most dreaded news that any family could receive. Once we arrived at the address, we walked up to the lighted front door and knocked. A …

Stress and Grief: To Fight or Befriend
December 11, 2009 – 10:43 am | No Comment
Open to Hope Foundation

By Tom Golden
As I watched our local TV news the other day, I was saddened to see a brief clip about a little, seven-year-old boy who had been hit by a car and killed. The …

Another Man Down: Suicide Takes a Second Friend
November 3, 2009 – 6:50 am | No Comment
Christa Scalies

Late last night, I received an email with tragic news about the loss of another friend to suicide.
The news came with a copy of his suicide note, a well-written 9 page letter which I am …

Ex-QB Hipple Speaks About Depression
October 22, 2009 – 4:21 pm | No Comment
Open to Hope Foundation

Eric Hipple, author of Real Men Do Cry, recently was interviewed for a Minnesota TV news program. Click here to see the interview. http://kstp.com/news/stories/S1201819.shtml?cat=206

Does Grief End? Hearing the ‘Voice’ of My Father
August 21, 2009 – 2:13 pm | 3 Comments
Sheena Matos

When I was fifteen years old, my daddy passed away of a massive heart attack. I was at school and got called to the office to hear the most horrifying news of my life on …

Publicizing End of Life: Has Reality TV Gone Too Far?
February 27, 2009 – 8:57 am | No Comment
Norman Fried

By Norman Fried –
A?media star who first became famous for her role as a?crude talking, hard drinking? member of the 2002 reality television show?”Big Brother,”??has announced in The News of the World that she is …

Time Doesn’t Heal, But it Softens the Blow
February 13, 2009 – 1:36 am | No Comment
Sandy Fox

By Sandy Fox
When a person talks about an important year in his/her life, or a news show on TV asks what you were doing on a particular date, I always think of my daughter, Marcy.
The …

How to Handle A Wife’s Suicide
September 8, 2008 – 7:19 am | One Comment
Abel Keogh

Larry from Virginia asks: I am angry at my wife and angry at God.? My wife shot herself after receiving the news that she had been fired for a drinking problem.?How do I deal with …

Why Don’t We Talk About Anticipatory Grief?
November 21, 2006 – 3:22 pm | No Comment
Harriet Hodgson

I know anticipatory grief – a feeling of loss before a death or dreaded event occurs – far too well. My mother suffered from probable Alzheimer’s disease and I was her caregiver for nine …