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How to Pick the Perfect Sympathy Flower Arrangements
You can choose between sending flowers to the funeral or to the family's home. Generally, you would send them to the funeral if you knew the deceased. It can also be a nice idea to send flowers to the family after the funeral is over.
Submitted 03/27/08.
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How to Minimize Self-Imposed Isolation in Grief and Loss
You can reduce unnecessary suffering. If you are mourning the death of a loved one, or providing support for a bereaved person, here are ways to make inroads on the devastating toll that isolation takes on emotional disposition and energy levels.
Submitted 03/25/08.
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A Widow's Many 'Firsts'
At night, I would lie in bed and stare into the dark, feeling the emptiness of the room, as it matched the emptiness in my heart. When I took off my wedding ring the first time, I put it on my opposite hand. It felt strange ... it didn't belong.
Submitted 03/24/08.
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A Child's View of Death ... Linda's Story
Gwen's husband was killed in a small plane crash. The year after, she moved back east to her home town of Ottawa, which gave her a chance to reconnect with siblings and their young broods. She relates a story of how her young niece viewed death.
Submitted 03/19/08.
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How to Help Other Pets Cope with the Death of a Pet
Pets also feel the loss of other pets in their midst as humans do. Even though not exactly the same way as humans, they also feel a deep sense of loss when another pet dies. You may need to give your surviving pets a lot of extra attention and love.
Submitted 03/16/08.
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How to Overcome the Fear of Dying
In our world where many of our actions are motivated by fear, the fear of dying seems like just another fear we need to live with. However, I have had the good fortune to come across people who are able to die with courage, dignity, and peace.
Submitted 03/13/08.
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Breaking Through Your Own Denial of Death as a Caregiver
Death is not something we like to focus on. However, in reading so many books on death and dying by Dr. Elizabeth Kubler Ross and Stephen Levine, it has become evident to me that the more fully we live our lives, the easier it is to look at death.
Submitted 03/12/08.
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Talking to Children about Bereavement and Pet Loss
As a parent, you might be nervous of telling your children too little or too much about what has happened to their pet. You may also feel awkward around this subject, or be very distressed yourself, and you may want to ask someone to help you.
Submitted 03/11/08.
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How to Be a Positive Grief Model for a Child
We learn about dying, death, and grieving more by watching what others do and less about what they say. Regrettably, this occurs because adults say less about these subjects and try not to show their true feelings around children.
Submitted 03/10/08.
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The Six T's of Grief Recovery
Everyone grieves in different ways. Grieving is hard work. Six fundamentals of grief recovery are very important to the grieving process. Most people try to avoid them, not knowing that they are delaying their healing and advancement.
Submitted 03/07/08, edited 05/05/08.
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Twenty Grief Recovery Ideas
Recovering from grief has no set order or method. It all depends on individual circumstances. However, this article presents twenty practical ideas of recovery that will help in some way to get you past some of the pain and on your way to recovery.
Submitted 03/05/08.
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10 Tips for Handling Grief
When we go beyond facing grief, when we sink deeper and deeper into it, we tend to lose sight of other things in life that are more important. We may neglect people who are close to us, alive, and who still need our love. Grief is not easy to handle.
Submitted 03/04/08.
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After Death Choices for the Living
However little you think you have, making a will is as important as if you were wealthy. To save your family the added anguish of having to divide all your worldly belongings on the event of your death, making a will is an important part of life.
Submitted 03/03/08.
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A Living Will Could Save Your Family Financial Ruin
No one wants to see the passing of a loved one, but no one wants to see a loved one suffer, either. If a person took the time to draft a living will and was in a situation covered by it, then chances are he or she would want treatment stopped.
Submitted 03/01/08, edited 03/01/08.
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Living Wills - Why Everyone Should Have One
A living will is a document that provides directives regarding medical treatments that must be followed if you are unable to give informed consent. It ensures that your wishes are carried out. This article explains why everyone should have one.
Submitted 02/28/08.
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Assess the Damages of a Wrongful Death
Wrongful death law seeks to provide just compensation for the family left behind by a person killed in a wrongful death. The surviving family members, such as parents, spouse, and children, may be entitled to recover damages. This article explains.
Submitted 02/26/08.
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Cremation Urns - Preserving the Memory of Your Loved One
A cremation urn is more than just a container. It is a container that contains the ashes of your loved one - what remains after he or she has gone. It will keep the memory of your loved one alive, not only for this lifetime, but for many lifetimes.
Submitted 02/25/08.
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Advice for How to Deal with the Death of a Loved One
The death of a loved one is the hardest thing you will ever deal with in life. During and after the funeral, there seems to be an endless stream of tears, sleepless nights, and sickness in the pit of your stomach. You wonder how you will ever go on.
Submitted 02/25/08.
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Create a Memorial Guest Book to Remember Your Loved Ones
Coping with the emotional time surrounding a funeral can be very stressful. Quite often, the family is left with only a vague memory of the friends and family members who gathered. A memorial guest book is a way that guests can view and share.
Submitted 02/25/08.
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