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The Special Needs of the Grieving Child: What Worked for Me
The Special Needs of the Grieving Child What Worked for Me By Toni Peterson Nearly six years ago, my husband and best friend of 37 years died suddenly of a heart attack. Our then 4-year-old granddaughter, Anne, and 18-month-old grandson, Joey, were with us at the...
The Special Needs of the Grieving Child
The Special Needs of the Grieving ChildBy Yvonne Herbst Bereaved children may display changes in behavior and eating patterns, as well as clinginess or separation anxiety. When a loved one dies, the surviving family members, friends and colleagues can be overwhelmed...
Healing Through Music: What Worked For Me
Healing Through Music: What Worked For Me“Melodies of Memories” “Love Potion #9”“Killer Queen”“His Eye is on the Sparrow”“Dream a Little Dream of Me” It is not at first obvious what these songs have in common as they come from different music genres. Yet they have one...
Healing Through Music
Healing Through Music by Michelle Hoffman A client shared that after her husband died, she was cooking one day and decided to play music from his laptop to help fill the silence. She did not know what to expect, and upon clicking the play button, she heard love. She...
Haven Grief Support Groups: What Worked for Me
Haven Grief Support Groups What Worked for Me by Stephanie Miller In January 2017, my partner of five years died. Like so many others who may be reading this newsletter, that day rocked the foundations of my world. It took some time and a not-insignificant amount of...
Support Groups and Workshops: How Haven Can Help
Support Groups and Workshops: How Haven Can Help by Janice Moody When a person loses a loved one, there is often a need to reach out to someone to talk to and share their grief. This can be a family member or friend. In addition to individual support, people find...
Navigating the Holidays: What Worked for Me
NAVIGATING THE HOLIDAYS: WHAT WORKED FOR MEBy Christine Nguyen ‘Tis the season to be jolly, but what if I’m not? How do I drink and be merry when it feels like there’s a gaping hole in my chest? What if the only birds I want from the “12 Days of Christmas” are...
Navigating the Holidays
NAVIGATING THE HOLIDAYS By Sarah Raison As the winter holidays approach, we are bombarded with messages that this will be a season of joy, peace and love. And yet for those who are grieving, any holiday can be a time of great sadness and stress. While those around...
Pawprints On My Heart
Pawprints On My Heart By Michelle Hoffman In almost every photo of my childhood, there's a dachshund. Graduations, parties, Christmases...a dachshund. Little long bodies with short legs waiting for me to drop crumbs, forget a dirty sock on the floor, or jump on my...
Coping With the Loss of a Pet
COPING WITH THE LOSS OF A PET By Michelle Hoffman To love a pet is to love your best friend, your daily companion, your biggest fan, and as several pets are called - your "furbaby". Throughout centuries, pets have been laying on the laps of celebrities, politicians,...