Category Archives: Bereavement

Help Within A Stone

Posted on April 1, 2016 by Greet Grief

The teary-eyed, middle-aged woman sits across from me with her head resting in her left hand. Her little finger is in her mouth; the nail being bitten off. The white-haired man beside her repeatedly wipes his weather-worn hands on his … Continue reading →

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Living After A Child Dies

Posted on January 10, 2016 by Greet Grief

Life is risky. It isn’t fair. No one is safe and no one is ever given a card marked, “nothing bad will ever happen to me.” Continue reading →

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Some People Don’t Get It, But Television Might

Posted on May 6, 2015 by Greet Grief

Last Thursday night, I am hunkered down on the couch watching my favorite show, the ABC television medical drama series, Grey’s Anatomy. I find myself thumbing through tweets during the commercials. One of them strikes me that said, “This is … Continue reading →