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Archive for April 2007

April 30th, 2007

How do you move forward?

Easy - one step at a time. Remember when you were a baby, or last watched a baby starting to walk? They stand, they fall,   they stand, they stumble, they stand a little longer, they fall, they repeat until they can walk confidently on their own. For me grief is like that, you move […]

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April 30th, 2007

Carnival of Positive Thinking

Welcome to the April 29, 2007 edition of positive thinking. I hope sincerely that these articles help you to start the week with a positive energy burst.

Albert Foong presents Little Secrets of the Power of Expressing Gratitude - Even for the bad posted at Urban Monk

Charles H. Green presents How Could That Happen to Me? […]

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April 27th, 2007

How to Solve Money Worries

Welcome to the April 27, 2007 edition of how to solve money worries. Bereavement can be hard enough but if you have money worries as well it can really drag you down, so each Friday I post ideas of how to solve the money worries. Hope they help.

Steve Faber presents Success is at Your […]

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April 27th, 2007

Going to see my beloved Dad this weekend

My mum has a seaside home and I love going there as it was my Dad’s favourite place. We have put a memorial seat right on   the cliff tops and I go and sit and remember him there. Mum has been wonderful in coping with her grief - yes she has her bad days […]

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April 26th, 2007

A wonderful surprise

Tonight I was cleaning out the spare room, what did I find but the ring that I had lost a few years ago. It was not an expensive ring but it was one that he bought me when we first started seeing each other - at the time I lost it, I was devastated as […]

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April 25th, 2007

A Quote to Inspire

Kathleen Sutton said “When you can’t have what you want, it’s time to start wanting what you have”
In grief it is easy to concentrate the mind on what has been lost, I have printed this quote to remind me   to keep concentrating on the things that I do have so that I can build […]

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April 25th, 2007

Memorials - An artist’s view

I think it is great if you can find a way honouring your loved one’s memory. I found it fantastic as because he was cremated I never felt I had somewhere to go….so now I go to his memorial and think about our life together. I read this post on how an artist has found […]

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April 25th, 2007

Inspired to put my grief in writing

This week I posted about a young girl who wrote a story to help other children with their grief. I kept thinking how therapeutic it must be and therefore I have started to write my story down - not to publish, not to sell, just for me. I have written a couple of chapters and […]

By anna -- 2 comments

April 24th, 2007

3 Tips on Coping with Tragedy or Bereavement

Zen Chill has a great post on how to cope with tragedy following recent world events. Here are the summary points and my comments in bold.
Release the past.
Whenever a tragedy or problem happens, the first thing that I try to remember to do is to release the past and be fully present in the […]

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April 24th, 2007

A child’s grief

I just read this article on how a child has written a book on her grief to help others. How inspiring, especially this phrase “If it only touches one life, I’ll be happy,”. Haley O’Hayer wrote a children’s book called “Wings,” a tale about a butterfly named Joey, who has lots of friends, and one […]

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