Writing through Grief
Grief Reflection: The Personal Blog
Grief Reflection is a term used in the Storybooks for Healing program for the process of writing, listening and sharing the stories of life, grief and finding meaning after loss. Follow the personal journal of Joan Hitchens, founder of SFH, as she navigates grief in context to her life while caring for her husband with terminal cancer, her work as SFH owner and her musing as a hospice volunteer.Read now...
grief Archive
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12 Healing Words for the New Year
Posted on December 30, 2010 | 3 CommentsIf healing from grief after loss is in your 2011 New Year's resolutions, start with your vocabulary. Words can have a powerful affect on our well-being. Words of love and encouragement heal. Words of bitterness and pain destroy. Here are 12 Healing Words to inspire steps for a healthy and memorable new year from Storybooks for Healing. -
Grief Doesn’t Take a Holiday
Posted on December 16, 2010 | 3 CommentsGrief doesn't take a holiday. So it's up to you to carve out some time and stress-reducing strategies for coping during the winter months. Memories of a loved one who has died can bring bittersweet emotions. Here's some ideas to help you through now, and most any time of the year. -
Giving the Gift of Story
Posted on November 24, 2010 | No CommentsThe Gift of Story about a loved one after a death brings comfort, love and support. Immediately following a loss, the first stories should come from family and friends to the bereaved. Later, the tribute story is a gift from those who remember to their posterity and beyond. -
Book Review: A Lifetime of Secrets
Posted on August 18, 2010 | No CommentsSecrets lose their power over their holder once they get released - they are no longer secret. Through anonymous postcards, thousands reveal their grief, pain, memories as well as hope. In the PostSecrets series compiled by Frank Warren everyone now has access to the recesses of human experiences good and bad. -
Loss and Found: An Adoption Story
Posted on August 10, 2010 | 1 CommentAdoptions can be full of secrets, shame, and guilt that go on for years and years. Opening the door to the loss, the healing and the struggles as the birth mother is not easy but is worth learning what life and hope lurks behind the darkness. -
On Writing: The Audience
Posted on July 27, 2010 | No CommentsWriting through grief and loss can be cathartic and healing. But who are you writing for? This fundamental question is one of the most important determinants for writing your Storybook for Healing, and even sharing grief in general. The answer may surprise you as your journey through reflection on life, grief, and the gifts you find along the way present a new understanding about your loss. -
Is it Hello or Goodbye?
Posted on July 18, 2010 | 2 CommentsIs sending a balloon tribute in memory to your loved one saying hello or goodbye? The 5th Brigade of Joint Base Ft. Lewis-McChord gathers to honor loved ones who have died. -
Perspectives
Posted on July 6, 2010 | 1 CommentThe hard work of processing your pain of grief may require a change in perspective. Can loss become gain, and sorrow become joy through conscious efforts to see these options? I think so, as optical illusions show us. -
Grief 101
Posted on June 8, 2010 | No CommentsWhat's normal grief? How long should it last? How come no one will talk about my loved one?.... the basics of grief and some steps to start healing.
