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05/11/2020

People ask us this question time and again: what should I say to someone who's grieving? They ask hoping there

05/08/2020

For grieving mothers, the most beautiful of all mothers.

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05/07/2020

A few days ago, we reached out to our readers and asked for their help writing a post in anticipation

12/29/2019

09/18/2019

Sharing Grief
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by Madisyn Taylor
Grief is part of the human experience, and sharing our vulnerability helps create truly close
bonds.
When we experience something that causes us to feel shock and sadness, we may feel the
urge to withdraw from life. It may seem like remaining withdrawn will keep us protected
from the world, but during these times it is important to reach out to those trusted and
precious people who care about us the most. Even with our best information and reasoning,
we never know when someone else's experience or perspective can give us additional
information that we need. The universe speaks to us through many channels, and when we
open ourselves up to receive its messages, we also receive nurturing care from a loving
partner in life's journey.
Grief is part of the human experience, and sharing our vulnerability is what creates truly
close bonds in our relationships. Opening ourselves up in this way gets to the core of our
being, past all of our defenses and prejudices. When life seems to crack the outer shell of
our world, we are both raw and fresh at the same time. It is then that we discover who is
truly willing to walk with us through life. We also see that some of those sent to us may not
be the ones we expected to see. Regardless, we learn to trust in the universe, in others, in
our own strength and resilience, and in the wisdom of life itself.
Sharing grief allows us to ease our burden by letting someone else help carry it. This helps
us process our own inner thoughts and feelings through the filter of a trusted and beloved
someone. We may feel guilty or selfish, as if we are unloading on someone who has their
own challenges. Although, if we think about it, we know we would do the same for them,
and their protests would seem pointless. Remember that not sharing feelings with others
denies them the opportunity to feel. We may be the messenger sent by the universe for
their benefit, and it is on this mission that we have been sent. By sharing our hopes and
fears, joys and pains with another person, we accept the universe's gifts of wisdom and
loving care

07/29/2019

If you were one of the over 800 PEOPLE that toured the KTBS/St. Jude Dream Home today, this little cutie might have opened the door for you! This is our oldest son, Noah. He was so excited to open the door for all of the visitors!

The house will be back open this Saturday from 9-5! 744 Smokehouse Loop in Kingston Plantation. Don’t miss your chance to win this house! Purchase your ticket for $100 at the house or online at dreamhome.org!

05/11/2019

Mother’s Day. For many people that means flowers and handmade cards and Sunday brunches and waves of laughter. It means celebration and gratitude and warm embraces and great rejoicing. It means resting fully in all that is good about loving and being loved. But not for some people. For some it onl...

05/03/2019

I have not posted on this page in some time. I want to state again that our organization is no longer providing grief support services.

02/10/2019

They ask why you still say his name.
And why you have her pictures hanging.
And her precious things close by.
Her books.
His clothes
and tools
and all the things
that look like
and smell like
and feel like
the one you love.
Still.
They pretend
not to notice
that you are wearing her jewelry.
Still.
And when you say you will wear it forever
they change the subject.
Quickly.

They ask when his room will become a den
a study
a library.
And you think to yourself
maybe never.

They ask
isn't it time
to take the pictures down?
Maybe just one should remain.

And you say to yourself
But this is my beloved.

They gloss over his birthday.
And pretend that nothing
significant
happened
on the day she died.
And a part of you wants to scream.

But when you take a breath
a deep breath
you know
that they do not know
what it's like to be you.

They do not know.
How could they?

But they will.

And when it is their turn.
Which surely it will be.
Because of the hard
hard
hard work you have done.
And continue to do
day
by day
by day
you will quietly
and gently say
when the time is right
"The relationship continues
my friend.
The relationship continues.
And that realization
changes everything.”

To become
who you have never been
you must do
what you have never done.

If these words resonate
my book Permission to Mourn is available at amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Permission-Mourn-New-Way-Grief/dp/1600475655/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

11/21/2018

Thursday, November 23, 2017 will be the 28th Thanksgiving I’ve lived through following the death of my 18-month-old daughter Erin in 1990. The 19th since my wife Trici died in 1999 and the 13th since my 13-year-old son Rory died in 2005. One thing I know for sure is that I can’t expect anyone to...