Word: griefs
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...film, Amy Eldon says that this is her way of dealing with her grief, which had left her with large questions as to Dan Eldon’s motivation and what his death meant in the larger scheme of things. The documentary started off as a paper for one of Amy Eldon’s college classes. She wrote a treatment for a film that would explore what led her brother to feel so passionate about work under horrible and extremely dangerous conditions. “It got a B+,” she noted wryly. The actual film...
...grief can be presumed to be greater than anyone else's, but there is something special in a parent's loss of a child, with the wrenching reversal of nature's cycle of generations. Says Patricia Loder, executive director of the Compassionate Friends, an international organization for bereaved parents and siblings, with 600 chapters in the U.S.: "When you lose a grandparent, you lose part of your past. When you lose a spouse, you lose part of your present. But when you lose your child, you lose part of your future." Many of the more than 5,000 people killed...
...they begin adjusting to their tragically new and different life, bereaved parents often feel isolated because their loss makes others so uncomfortable; people simply don't know how to respond. Dr. Robert Baugher, a death and grief specialist in Seattle, says, "It's so important for support people to be good listeners. That means you shut your mouth. Do not start a sentence that begins with 'At least,' as in 'At least he wasn't in pain' or 'At least he led a full life.' Your job when dealing with someone who's bereaved is to let that person...
Michelle Bodwell, 29, a marriage and family art therapist in Pasadena, Calif., lost her brother Chris when they were teenagers. She found that her parents' grief tended to overshadow her own. People would always ask her how her parents were doing and fail to direct the question to her as well. "Siblings are often the forgotten grievers," says Bodwell. "Now I encourage people to teach others what they need from them...
...mosque. But I do believe; I do have faith." This book has more religion in it than all my other books put together. For those who actually believe that there is a hereafter, there's a solace, there's consolation if a dear one is lost that assuages whatever grief or guilt there is, or even your own death. Whereas for someone who says, "There's no there there," as Gertrude Stein said about Oakland, nada, that's all there is, well, it's a little tougher...