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Why It Is SO Important to Model Grief for the Next Generation
It is neither helpful nor healthy to pretend that sorrow and sadness don’t follow loss. Â
Melanie
Mar 262 min read
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Holidays After Loss: Inviting Grief to the Christmas Table
Joy and sorrow both dwell in my soul and I cannot reveal one and hide the other. Â I may laugh and cry in the same moment.
Melanie
Dec 18, 20242 min read
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Holidays After Child Loss: Grief and Hard Conversations
Change is hard on everyone. But it's harder if you don't have important conversations.
Melanie
Dec 6, 20241 min read
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Holidays After Child Loss: Seven Practical Ways to Help Grieving Hearts
Here are seven practical ways to minister to your grieving friends this Christmas.
Melanie
Dec 4, 20242 min read
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Grief Work: The Pain of Fading Memories
It's normal that Dominic is less and less a part of his friends lives over time. But it still hurts...
Melanie
Dec 2, 20241 min read
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Grief Work: A Letter to My Living Children *
Oh how I love you!
Your brother’s untimely departure has opened my heart in a whole new way to the glory that is your presence.
Melanie
Nov 29, 20241 min read
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Grief Work: Grief is a Family Affair
Child loss is often sibling loss. In addition to their own heartache, bereaved parents carry the heartache of their surviving children.
Melanie
Nov 13, 20241 min read
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Setting Aside Time To Grieve Helps My Heart Hold On
I’ve learned the hard way that memories are precious. I don’t want the ones I’m making now to always be tainted by sorrow and loss.Â
Melanie
Sep 25, 20242 min read
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