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The Grieving Room: Echoes
A special welcome to anyone who is new to The Grieving Room. We meet every Monday evening. Whether your loss is recent or many years ago, whether you have lost a person or a pet, or even if the...
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The Grieving Room: The laughter and smiles they elicit from us
. A special welcome to anyone who is new to The Grieving Room. We meet every Monday evening. Whether your loss is recent or many years ago, whether you have lost a person or a pet, or even if the...
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The Grieving Room: Musings of a 10-month widow
. A special welcome to anyone who is new to The Grieving Room. We meet every Monday evening. Whether your loss is recent or many years ago, whether you have lost a person or a pet, or even if the...
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...and then my friend died....
At first I thought this diary was going to be about how this is the 30th anniversary of my mom's death at 59, one month shy of her 60th birthday and me just one month into my 29th year. I planned to...
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The Grieving Room - At First it was a Trickle and then it became an Avalanche
2011 marks the 30th anniversary my mother's death. This anniversary might have gone unnoticed by me except for two life changing events. But I'm getting ahead of myself. . A special welcome to...
View ArticleA shout out to some remarkable women
In our 2012 Women's History month I'm experiencing more women's history and history-in-the-making than I can ever remember in the month of March. And it's women that are making this history (spurred...
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The Grieving Room - Musings on C.S. Lewis’ 'A Grief Observed'
It was towards the end of my second year of grieving my husband when I first came upon a quote from C.S. Lewis’ 'A Grief Observed'. I was shocked to find a writer who so evocatively described my pain...
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The Grieving Room - A Sister gone, suddenly
Some of you know already, but many of you don’t, that my sister Laura died suddenly and unexpectedly Friday, August 17th. It was a devastating blow to receive a phone call from the Whitman County...
View ArticleJohn Boehner, why are you delaying my Grandpa's funeral?
I bet you didn't know that due to the Republicans' government shutdown:"Internments at National Cemeteries will be conducted on a reduced schedule" according to the VA's Veterans Field Guide to the...
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