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...
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Daddy’s Girl
Posted on February 7, 2011 | 2 CommentsHoliday memories. Guest writer and author Alicia King shares an endearing story that spans three generations of valentine tradition transcending her loss. -
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. -
On Writing: Your Stories Can Heal Your Heart
Posted on October 15, 2010 | 2 CommentsAfter a death, it is now up to you to preserve and share the stories of your loved one. But did you know that writing can be an excellent method for facing and overcoming grief, too? Storybooks For Healing offers some writing ideas to get you started on mending your broken heart through writing. -
Borrowing Rituals: Bon Odori
Posted on August 25, 2010 | 2 CommentsDo you commemorate your loss through any kind of ritual? From burial and funerals to family traditions and community events, rituals help people in grief connect with with their loved one. How do you fell about borrowing rituals from other religions or cultures? Would you join the dancers of Japan in Bon Odori? -
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. -
Voice of Widows Resounds Hope
Posted on August 3, 2010 | 2 CommentsGrief and loss are universal, but bring people who share the same type of loss together and it can build a special friendship, understanding and support family and friends can't always provide. The Widow's Voice blog connects people who have lost a partner through the eyes of seven different writers as they provides insight into the ups and downs of their widowed lives. -
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. -
The Joy (and Pain) of Remembering: Photos
Posted on June 28, 2010 | No CommentsThere is a risk inherent in remembering. A risk of opening the wounds of loss, the reminder of being left behind, the desire to change what can’t be undone of past words and actions and events. But there is also a risk of remembering what...
