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Suicide Prevention Day After Your Loved One Dies By Suicide
Posted by Kellyn Shoecraft on- Tags: Cartoon, Grief support, Resources, Suicide
Memoirs While Dying
Posted by Kellyn Shoecraft onWhen I read a memoir by a person who is nearing the end of their life, I primarily feel thankful. Not necessarily that I'm alive (though that's there too), but that a person whose time is short has chosen to dedicate a large portion of that time to give us insight...
- Tags: End-of-life, Illness, parent loss, Resources
Talking with Children about Death and Dying
Posted by Kellyn Shoecraft onThis is part II of a series in honor of Children’s Grief Awareness Day. Part I, on helping children grieve with remembrance books, may be found here. Death and grief are notoriously awkward subjects for most adults. We are caught up in what to say and how to say it. We never...
- Tags: Children, Grief support, Resources
Where to turn for comfort and support
Posted by Kellyn Shoecraft onUpdated: November 1, 2020 ~ Recommendations can be found halfway down the page. When you are recently diagnosed or bereaved, people are frantic to help you solve your problem. This is well-intentioned but can often be annoying. Especially when advice comes from the 'Solutions People.' When my mother-in-law’s breast cancer returned...
- Tags: Grief support, Resources, Support
Why is it so hard to know what to say (also - what should I say?)
Posted by Kellyn Shoecraft onMy dad was very sick in the summer of 2003 - he was waiting for a kidney and pancreas transplant and was not healthy enough for the surgery. He had a serious hospitalization in November and never recovered. He died in February of 2004 when I was 20 years old....
- Tags: Grief support, Resources, Support