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Dear Allen, Today is your day. And we remember. As we look at the beauty of the day, as we struggle through commonplace challenges, as we get on with our lives forever changed, we remember. As we pray for your soul and those who grieve most deeply, we remember. As we heal and yet remain [...]
Entries Tagged as 'grief'
The January 3 Anniversary
January 3rd, 2012 · 1 Comment · family
Tags: comfort in grief·family·grief·letter
A Great Guide to Help Kids Grieve
June 1st, 2011 · 2 Comments · Books, Reviews
I had never really considered grieving for children before I became the bystander. In the wake of a sudden and unexpected family death, two of my nieces became case studies in children grieving. I have felt, in the last year-and-a-half, overwhelmingly helpless. I don’t know what to say; I don’t know what to do; I [...]
Tags: Books·children's books·comfort in grief·grief·Kimberly Schuler·life with children·Reviews
In Honor of March 16
March 16th, 2011 · 5 Comments · family
March 16 has long been a day I remember with a mixture of fondness and grief. I’m grateful for this day, though it marks sorrow. It was on this day that I witnessed the importance of life and the courage of people I would one day call family. There, at the front of the chapel, [...]
Tags: comfort in grief·Faith·family·grief
Remembering
January 3rd, 2011 · No Comments · Faith, family, Inspired by Mary
A Mary Moment Monday post Nine days ago, it was Christmas. Nine days ago, it was a whole different year than now, 2010. Nine days ago, I began a special novena to Our Lady of Sorrows. Today is an anniversary our family will hold dear and commemorate for many years to come. It is one [...]
Tags: dealing with change·death·Faith·family·grief·mary·Mary Moment Monday·prayer·sorrow
Remembering with Prayer
January 2nd, 2011 · 3 Comments · Faith, family
Tomorrow marks one year. I don’t want to dwell on it here, because I feel like it’s not my pain and somehow, by writing about it too much, I somehow act like it is. Don’t get me wrong: I feel pain. We all do. But it’s nothing to what my sister-in-law and his daughters feel. [...]
