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Showing posts with label help a friend in crisis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label help a friend in crisis. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 27, 2012

SPEAK!

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I am sad today. I just heard news of another new widow ... this one, with a little more sting than most. You see, her son died a month a...
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Thursday, December 1, 2011

the unhelpful helper

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Photo from here.. . When I first became a widow, I wanted everyone to go away . I did not want to talk, discuss, be comforted, or hear a...
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Sunday, July 31, 2011

Two Years Ago....

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Two years ago, less than three months after he died, I went looking for him. I remembered this today, as I made a to-do list. Things that...
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Sunday, July 24, 2011

Mattering

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my daughter Pallas (2nd from the left) and her friends She says to me “Kim, you’re important. Other widows want to meet you. They ask if y...
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Sunday, July 17, 2011

Grief from A Child

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This is what Ezra has to say about grief. He wants you to pay attention. He's nine. He was 7 by three weeks wh...
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Sunday, July 10, 2011

How Did He Die?

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I’m at the bank, not my usual branch. Comments are made about how tall my youngest is. “He’s only 9?” I nod. What I want to do is roll my ey...
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Sunday, July 3, 2011

Widow vs. Widow

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She said “Well, at least you got to say good-bye.” Anger rises in me because I see her comment as one of those my-situation-is-worse-than-yo...
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Sunday, June 19, 2011

Father's Day, Independence Day

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July 2008, Malibu So I was gonna try and ignore Father’s Day. It’s Father’s Day and my kids don’t have one. I was gonna just treat it like e...
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Sunday, May 22, 2011

Every Sunday

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(Written 2/2011) Every Sunday it happens. I go into my office to print out the grocery list. And find myself on the computer Searching for……...
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