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Caregiver’s Support Group

Posted on February 25, 2009 - by Carol O'Dell

I have to admit that I didn’t attend a caregiver support group while I was caring for my mom. Not everyone is the “group” type. I started full time caregiving back […]

Nurse Dispels Myths about Transplantation

Posted on February 25, 2009 - by Reg Green

By Reg Green — Although Charlette Thompson has looked after cardiac patients in intensive care units in Lexington, Kentucky, hospitals since the 1980s, she has never become accustomed to sudden […]

What It’s Like to Lose a Twin

Posted on February 24, 2009 - by Linda Pountney

By Linda Pountney — I was taken captive by life and death at the age of twenty-one. My identical twin sister Paula and I faced life together for twenty-one years. […]

Shadow of Grief Still Lurks, 20 Years Later

Posted on February 23, 2009 - by Robert Thompson

By Bob Thompson — Although we know that after a loss the acute state of mourning will subside, we also know we remain inconsolable and will never find a substitute. […]

Why We Read and Write Our Grief Stories

Posted on February 22, 2009 - by Richard Beck

By Richard Beck As I ponder what to write in my first article for the Open to Hope Foundation, I imagine what it feels like to read about the universal […]

February Calls Us to the Love Side of Life

Posted on February 22, 2009 - by Mary Jane Hurley Brant

By Mary Jane Hurley Brant — The month of February focuses our attention on love. Cards are bought, candy is given, kisses abound. So what is it about love? We […]

Happy Birthday?

Posted on February 21, 2009 - by Eric Tomei

I have to be honest with everyone. I have been struggling all week knowing that Sunday was going to be here. Sunday is usually a great day. […]

Husband’s Soul Lives on in His Shoes

Posted on February 21, 2009 - by Michele Neff Hernandez

by Michele Neff Hernandez — My husband had a shoe fetish. Phillip owned shoes for all occasions and athletic events-some were kept only for their sentimental value. To him, each […]

Creating Memorial Services with Heart, Part of the Caregiving Journey

Posted on February 20, 2009 - by Carol O'Dell

Creating a meaningful memorial service for your loved one is cathartic, and you don’t have to wait until your loved one passes to begin to think about what they–and you–want and […]

Grief, Guilt, Death, Denial: a different experience for all

Posted on February 20, 2009 - by admin

by Mel Menzies There is a tendency to assume that, following a bereavement, grief must adhere to a certain pattern to be real. But this is not true. The process […]