What is Grief?
by Chaplain Julia Rajtar, MAPS, BCC After her father’s death, a bereaved adult daughter shared that she didn’t understand why everyone in the family was so sad. Dad was at...
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Missing You Dad
Father’s Day is a day to show love and honor to your Father. Whether you wrap up some new grilling utensils, fishing gear or the old classic tie, it feels...
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Mother’s Day and Father’s Day
It’s already started, the tv commercials to remember your mom on mother’s day, or the ads on line or in the paper, or the Facebook photo reminders of a year...
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Why do you keep talking to a dead person? Continuing Bonds…
by Chaplain Julia Rajtar, MAPS, BCC “My loved one died a year ago, and I still say goodnight to their photo.” “I find myself being a cemetery person, since my...
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New Pandemic Perspective for a New Normal
Pandemic Life Lessons to Live By Life took a pretty abrupt turn for most of us over the past 6 weeks or so. The Coronavirus, covid-19 has created a global...
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To Share or Not to Share: Do parents express their grief with their younger children?
by Chaplain Julia Rajtar, MAPS, BCC “I need to be tough for my kids. They don’t need to see me cry,” one parent said to me about their 3...
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