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How to Summit Grieving’s Everyday Mountains
The blog Zen Habits is one of the most popular on the Internet. The following post is an adaptation of a post called A Guide to Reaching Life’s Summits. I thought many of the points and tips in the Zen Habits post apply to the grieving parent’s journey up the mountain of pain we all face…
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The Lost Christmas Eve
It may be a long night. I’m sitting here listening to the Trans-Siberian Orchestra album called “The Lost Christmas Eve.” I’m on the second repeat so far. There will probably be many more. When I get in these moods, I can listen to the same music over and over for hours. The lost Christmas Eve……
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A Meeting Place For Grieving Dads
Being a grieving dad is no fun. It has all this emotion stuff. Let’s face it, most of us guys aren’t too good with that kind of stuff. And the resources geared toward grieving dads seem to be limited. Kelley Farley, a two time grieving dad, is trying to improve that. He’s working on a…
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Another Birthday
Today is Richard’s birthday. He would be/is 24 today. This one has been harder than the last. Last year his birthday was just 3 months from his death. In fact, we had just gotten his death certificate a couple of weeks before that. We were still numb. The Novocain of early grief has worn off. Richard was…
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The Camaro Conundrum
It just never seems to be easy. There is a 1997 Camaro sitting in our driveway. It’s been there for several years now. It doesn’t run. This was Richard’s car. I bought it for him from the cousin of a coworker of mine while Richard was still in high school. It looks pretty good and…