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Prepare Your Response Plan for Grief Triggers

March 9, 2010 – 1:14 am | No Comment

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 …

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Washing Diane’s Body: Caring at the Crossing

March 14, 2009 – 1:12 am | 2 Comments

By Nancy Manahan, Ph.D., and Becky Bohan. M.A. –
In our last Open to Hope posting, the extraordinary final moments of Diane’s death in Nancy’s arms were described. Here, Nancy recounts what happened immediately after Diane …

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