A Grief Support Blog

This blog will allow you the opportunity to acquire both support and guidance after experiencing a significant loss.

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Grief help: No tools for the first loss = No tools for the second

This week has occasioned the celebration of my 40/20 birthday. At least that's how a dear friend labeled it - you do the math. Having reached another chronological marker in my life reminded me of a conversation I had with my mother several years ago.

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  • Jan 03, 2003
  • Russell Friedman
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Grief: Our topic is never the lead story but it should be

It was a chilling year, highlighted in part by the daily body count of the world-wide blood bath, which appears as an incessant nightly crawl on the bottom of TV screens everywhere.

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  • Dec 23, 2002
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Emotional Truth: Why self awareness will only get you halfway there

"Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."

What a delightfully optimistic half-statement.

Yes, we said half-statement.

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  • Dec 12, 2002
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What is happiness? How unresolved grief impacts our life

As fate would have it, in the lives we led before we began helping people deal with loss, we happened to have been acquainted with some of the legendary people who inhabited the worlds of rock ‘n roll, the movies, and television. Sadly, many of them shuffled off this mortal coil a whole lot sooner than age statistics might suggest they should.

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  • Dec 02, 2002
  • Russell Friedman
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Quick fixes don't work with Grief

The paint on the wall of my living room is cracked and peeling. There are major gashes in the wall under some of the peeling paint - those of you with children will understand. The room must be repainted. I have purchased a can of paint, a roller, and a brush. I apply the paint with roller and brush directly over the old cracked peeling paint and gashes. I am crazy - yes?

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  • Nov 27, 2002
  • Russell Friedman
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Why fear is often disguised as humor

NEWS:

Gallows Humor - GRI Update

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  • Nov 07, 2002
  • Russell Friedman
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Grief definition: We can't find the guy who gave us one of the best

"The feeling of reaching out for someone who has always been there, only to discover that when I need her one more time, she is no longer there."

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  • Sep 30, 2002
  • Russell Friedman
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Pet loss grief: You can't replace a loved one and you can't replace a beloved pet either

"Honey, I'm sorry to tell you this, but your father passed away last night.  I don't want you to feel bad.  This weekend, we'll get you a new dad."

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  • Sep 24, 2002
  • Russell Friedman
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Empty nest syndrome or emptiness? Probably both

"It’s a big house. I never realized how big it was until it was empty." Those might be mom’s thoughts as she sits alone drinking a morning coffee, contemplating her day. Her youngest child has gone away to college or has left home to wed or start a career. Mom is left with no job and a feeling of no longer being of value.

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  • Sep 23, 2002
  • Russell Friedman
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The events leading up to the Santana High School shooting

On March 5, 2001, Charles “Andy” Williams went to school armed with a .22 caliber revolver. On Thursday, August 14, 2002, “Andy” was sentenced to 50 years to life for the shooting deaths of two classmates and the wounding of thirteen others.

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  • Sep 23, 2002
  • Russell Friedman
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