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When A Child Has A Terminal Illness: Reflections on a short, full life, part two
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Tag Archives: Grieving
The Pitfalls of Choosing Hospice Care
Why a nonprofit hospice may be a more sensible option when choosing end-of-life palliative care
What if you’ve cared for terminally ill loved ones until your resources have been exhausted? You are exhausted too, having taken on a role of a nurse while grieving over the impending loss. Finally a decision is reached to find … Continue reading
Our Weekly Tip: Memory Box for Those Grieving
Creating a memory box can help you work through your grief
Our Tip of the Week: One good thing you can do as you grieve is filter it through a creative outlet. When someone we love dies, the stability of our emotional state takes quite a beating — in one moment … Continue reading
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Tagged Grief, Grieving, Loss of a Loved One, memorial box, Memory box, memory DIY, Stages of Grief
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“Love Box” for Children in the Stages of Grief
An easy healing craft to help kids express their grief
Our Tip of the Week: There are plenty of DIY activities out there for those who are grieving – remembrance quilts, balloon releases, etc. But what about activities specifically made for children in the stages of grief? It’s important to … Continue reading
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Tagged Art therapy, Children, Children in grief, Death, Grief, Grieving, Grieving kids, Heart, Stages of Grief
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Weekly Tip – Grief Healing: A Message in a Bottle
Why throwing a message in a bottle can be the perfect activity for a family grieving
Weekly Craft Idea: A Message in a Bottle For a Memorial Ceremony or Solitary to Grieve What is it that makes the idea of a message in a bottle so alluring? I remember sitting down at eight years old to … Continue reading
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Tagged Craft, DIY, Grief, Grieving, Grieving Process, Message in a Bottle, Stages of Grief, Steps of Grief
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Cézanne: Letting the Grief Settle
Post-Impressionist Paul Cézanne's "Sorrow" is telling of how the painter lived with death and grief
Check out more of our Soulful Expressions posts here to explore more articles on art that inspire us to consider the way we approach death and dying. No one knows grief better than Post-Impressionist painter Paul Cézanne (1839-1906). When I talk … Continue reading
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Tagged Accepting Death, Art, Cezanne, Death, Grief, Grieving, Paul Cezanne, post-impressionism
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Smithsonian Artist Captures Images of Dried Tears
Rose-Lynn Fisher saw tears of "grief, joy, laughter and irritation" in extreme detail through her photo series
Smithsonian photographer Rose-Lynn Fisher just revealed her new project, which is titled “Topography of Tears.” Celebrated for her mind-blowing, microscopic images of honeybees, this photo series is a collection of, yes, tears—tears from over 100 volunteers that were also captured … Continue reading
