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A text message from my sister said, “Mom made Kare 11’s tribute to Mom’s for Mother’s Day,” and then she sent the screenshot out to family. There was a photo of my mom’s and my sister’s beautiful smiles for everyone to see, along with other...
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Mother’s Day can feel especially tender when your mother, child, or a mother figure has died—or when your relationship was complicated. This reflection offers gentle support and simple ideas to honor love while making space for real...
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There are family or community structures wherein children learn to limit their ability to share their emotions and grief after a loss, for example, in a family where a parent or another family member is incarcerated. If an individual related to...
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Less daylight, cooler days, glorious sun rises and sets, and colored leaves escort us into the season of fall. This time of year reminds me of the last fall my dad was...
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by Chaplain Julia Rajtar, MAPS, BCC After her father’s death, a bereaved adult daughter...
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Father’s Day is a day to show love and honor to your Father. Whether...
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It’s already started, the tv commercials to remember your mom on mother’s day, or...
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What’s wrong with these people, that they can’t let go of their deceased loved one? It is perfectly normal and natural that they want to remain close in these ways. According to Klass, Silverman, and Nickman, who authored, Continuing Bond: New...
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Pandemic Life Lessons to Live By Life took a pretty abrupt turn for most...
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Someone once said to me, “parents are the children’s first teachers.” What children learn, what children know, comes from the example of their parent(s), first. This is true about grief as...
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by Chaplain Julia Rajtar, MAPS, BCC “I need to be tough for my...
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As we get older we hear more and more stories of those around us being affected by cancer. Too many times we have friends and family who are infected with this terrible disease and too often do we lose loved ones to cancer. In honor of Breast...
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