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Feeling Loved After Loss on Valentine’s Day

By Suzy Yehl Marta, Founder of Rainbows For All Children Valentine’s Day is synonymous with love, romance, roses and more. Often called a Hallmark holiday, Valentine’s Day can be a […]

NOW

Even though the calendar reads mid-January the days are getting longer. Someone said that at this time of year the daylight increases by 3 minutes each twenty-four hours; that comforts […]

sadly missed

my mum suddenly passed away recently in such a tragic way.im finding it very difficult to deal with the pain is too much.im still so shocked and cant take it […]

losing a friend in a one car wreck with drunk driv

73 days ago, november 9th, 2010, i lost a girl who meant so much to me. rachel lutrell. she was always there, always could make me smile, always knew what […]

A Boy, a Man

It¹s cold this morning in the mountains, really cold. While I was preparing to post my blog for the week something was gnawing at me, a sad incident that wouldn¹t […]

Sudden Loss of My Baby Brother

On December 1st 2010, my life changed suddenly. All I can remember is my dad calling crying saying Ty was in a tragic car accident and we didnt know what […]

Give Grief A Voice

My 16 year old son recently made a video about teen grief. He asked other teens to tell their stories, and used them to create the video. He was also […]

Dancing in the rain

To the sounds of the patter I did not create Dancing in the rain Fast and furious is my pace Dancing in the rain Can’t stop these piercing needles dictate […]

Shh…

They see me smiling They don’t know why They are so bewildered They thought you died You are so alive to me my Dit Right here in my heart For […]

i love and miss my daughter

most of the time i appear to look o.k. on the outside but my insides are not. most of the time i dont understand why i am here on this […]

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