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Valentine Poem From a Dad to His Beloved Girl

Posted on February 10, 2009 - by Alan Pedersen

By Alan Pederson — One day in early February of 2007, I was driving near my home in Denver, Colorado, listening to a local talk radio show. One of the […]

Loss Of First Grandparent A Major Blow

Posted on February 10, 2009 - by Neil Chethik

Katherine writes: I lost my grandfather last month, and this was my first loss of a close loved one. I am 28 years old. I can’t seem to stop thinking […]

Mother Recalls Cherished Valentine From Son

Posted on February 9, 2009 - by Carol Loehr

By Carol Loehr — It was Valentine’s Day and Keith was five years old. We talked about Valentine’s Day, but Keith forgot the day was special for his mother. I […]

Affectionately Remembering a Valentine’s Day ‘Scrooge’

Posted on February 6, 2009 - by Michele Neff Hernandez

By Michele Neff Hernandez — My husband used to call Valentine’s Day “So What Day.’” Romantic, huh? He thought that greeting cards were a waste of trees, that buying flowers […]

Pregnancy After Pregnancy Loss

Posted on February 5, 2009 - by Monica Novak

By Dr Lina Kaplan – Pregnancy loss presents a formidable challenge to bereaved parents. Grieving parents often report a profound sense of isolation and alienation at the time when they […]

Brother-Sister Bond Showed Itself on Valentine’s Day

Posted on February 5, 2009 - by Anne Dionne

By Anne Dionne — A couple of years after my son Michael died, I was sorting through some things which I had saved from our children’s school years. I came […]

Discovering the ‘Christmas Valentine’

Posted on February 4, 2009 - by Yvonne Lancaster

By Yvonne E. Lancaster On December 22, 1986, our son Brian was killed by a drunk driver. We buried him two days later on Christmas Eve. Brian was 19 years […]

The Gift

Posted on February 4, 2009 - by John Pete

When we lose a loved one we are confronted with a life-changing event that forces us to accept that our lives will never be the same again. As a grief […]

Super man, super son…

Posted on February 3, 2009 - by Eric Tomei

Yesterday was one of my favorite days of the year: Super Bowl Sunday. I couldn’t care less each year who is in the game although there are some teams […]

Poem: For Barbara, On Valentine’s Day, After the Death of Our Son

Posted on February 3, 2009 - by Mitch Carmody

By Mitch Carmody — Our son Kelly James was diagnosed with a brain tumor in February of 1986, and our world changed forever. We did everything we could do medically, […]