A dream visitation from a loved one who has passed on is probably the easiest and most common type of after death communication. A good source of stories about various forms of after death communication can be found in the…
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The Very Most is Nothing It is an empty hand that gives the most. When a friend needs a loan you lend them money. When a friend needs a ride you pick them up and drop them off. When someone…
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Fortunately, it doesn’t happen very often, but every once in a while you get that phone call. Somehow, even before you pick it up, you know it’s bad news. After you hang up you, find out the news is worse…
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It was Friday the 13th of all days. I knew it was bad news as soon as the phone rang at 5 a.m. It was my sister from England. My hand shook as I reached for the phone and my…
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Stages of Grief Losing a loved one is one of the most painful experiences an individual can endure in a lifetime. But what people must understand is that grief is a natural process in which each person bears individually. No…
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Are we ever prepared for someone to pass into the next world? Do people really think it makes it easier when someone has been ill for three months, three days or three minutes before they pass? When my younger brother…
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Death is such a bitter pill to swallow, particularly when you don’t get the chance to say goodbye. I lost one of my best friends last year. The thing is, I didn’t even know he was sick. We’d sort of…
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Thanksgiving 2009 My mother was born Virginia Ninette Fenton on December 12, 1924. She spent her childhood during our country’s Great Depression as the firstborn of a large family. She was the oldest of ten. She often told me of…
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My father died in 2001 and he had been in and out of hospitals for at least two months or more and everyone was on edge. So I went back to Georgia and tried to live a normal life. A…
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Time, and poor choices reflected, by a path of heartbreak, tears, confused children and parents bewildered and weary. Yes, my life has had adversity, caused by poor choices in relationships, eyes of judgement by others, and pursuing my own demons seeking answers for…
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Many people find it difficult to move on after the death of a loved one. People from all walks of life get attached to loved ones. It is not uncommon to feel a great and deep sense of loss and…
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Living with regrets after losing a loved one is a harsh reality for many bereaved loved ones even if the death was expected but even harder to accept when the death was a total surprise. Grief moves in stages and…
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Cremation, a method used by some to deal with the remains of a loved one after passing away, has been around since the Stone Age – roughly 3000 B.C. Some Mycenaen Greeks utilized the cremation process as part of an…
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Sooner or later most people have the experience of learning that some one they loved has passed away unexpectedly. It seems like after the immediate shock, comes the list of the things we wish would have said or done. We…
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How Does Life Go On? I have known more death than just about anyone I know. In 1999, I lost my grandfather, who I had lived in the same house with growing up for the first 14 years of my…
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Cremation as a viable alternative for the final disposition of a deceased human has existed for hundreds of years. The root cannot wholly be traced but many cultures around the world prefer this to interment in the ground and with…
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Suicide requires palpable fear. Whether that fear be of retribution for acts committed, fear of enduring pain, fear of the moment’s alternative choices, or fear of simply facing another day, I have never known a person that contemplated it that…
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They say that grief is like a wave, one that ebbs and flows across miles of ocean, coming to crest and break over and over again. It is a process not unique to humans alone, but to all living things…
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A sympathy note is an expression of support for someone who has recently experienced the loss of a loved one. This is a kind and supportive gesture. Words are often difficult to find at a time like this. Before you…
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Life’s lessons when a loved one dies is one that no one ever wants to learn. It is however, a fact of life that has to be dealt with. I’m very experienced in this matter. I lost my brother when I was…
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Kelsey was diagnosed with Cancer when he was seven years old. He was the 111th baby to ever have a heart transplant and was diagnosed with an atypical cystic fibrosis at three. I always told him the truth about his…
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Don’t dying people have enough goodbyes to undertake during the process of dying, then to add one more? Dying people should not be burdened with deciding how loved ones should mourn. Funerals are for the living. They are a process…
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Death of a hero “Any violence in your neighbourhood today?” This is not the kind of question one expects to associate with ‘Water-Cooler’ talk, but a colleague greeted me with this in-your-face question out of the blue, when I walked…
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One attempt. One completion. One life. While there may be some very good ” reasons” for ending one’s own life, I must take a stand and say “No” suicide is not ever justified. It has nothing to do with religion,…
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We spent almot 24hours together. She gave me away to my husband six and a half years ago. We lived with her. My children got grandma’s hugs and kisses at anytime and her loving touch when they were sick in…
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What is suicide? “The act of killing your self deliberately” Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary 6th Edition. It can also be defined as an act of intentionally exterminating one’s life. Humanity has never being perfect, no one has ever lived a…
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‘Suicide is painless, it brings on many changes. And I can take or leave it if I please. And you can do the same thing if you please’. {Lyrics: Johnny Mandel and Mike Altman} So go the lyrics of the…
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There are several ways to pre-arrange funeral services, and although people may see this as morbid, it’s not such a silly idea. Within relationships, there are always strong people and those less able to deal with the practicalities in life….
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Losing a friend, especially when their live was taken too soon, is one of the most difficult things to face. Friends are like family and having a close friend pass away is devastating. There is nothing that can make the…
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Letting go any serious dream is not very easy. Sometimes our dreams are all that we have. We have lived so that we allow our dreams to define who we are and control our vision/ destiny. When is the time…
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