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Archive for December 2007

December 26th, 2007

A Special Message from Anna

Hi Everyone - Over the next several days, you’re going to be introduced to some special guests from around b5media who are stepping in to help a friend out.
You see, Anna has fallen ill and is currently under the weather and under doctors care so she won’t be posting for a few days, perhaps […]

By Gayla McCord -- 2 comments

December 22nd, 2007

The Missing Present…the tears, the hug, the hope!

I have wrapped my presents today and there is one missing. It hurts, the pain of grief rises inside and of course there are those tears that start to flow. I never mind feeling upset, after all it shows that the love is as strong as ever….I allow myself to wallow and then go to […]

By anna -- 0 comments

December 21st, 2007

How to Solve Your Money Worries

Each Friday I post articles sent into me which may help us overcome any money worries that grief has brought us. Bereavement is so painful, but when finances are tight as well then this can lead to incredible depression.

Peter25 presents How To Start Saving Money posted at Small Business, saying, “Everyone has the ability to […]

By anna -- 3 comments

December 20th, 2007

Giving - A Wonderful Way to Ease the Pain of Grief

I believe one way through grief is to think about others, to reach out and help people who need that love you have inside. This Friday/Saturdayl Todd Cochrane, of Geek News Central Podcast and the Blubrry community, a friend of mine, is doing a 24 hour podcasting event to help raise money for the One […]

By anna -- 3 comments

December 19th, 2007

What death teaches us

We have unfortunately all known people who have been in an accident or a serious illness and recovered to tell the tale. We have also all known the impact of death, the loss of a loved human being from our lives. What do these 2 events tell us..that life is so very precious, that we […]

By anna -- 1 comment

December 18th, 2007

Dealing with Grief during the Holiday Season

Over at Islandpacket there is an interesting article on dealing with grief during the holiday season. Here is a little snippet but they also suggest 3 sources of reading which I thought I would list here for anyone really suffering with grief.  I will post my thoughts later in the week but always remember that […]

By anna -- 0 comments

December 17th, 2007

Lessons in grief from the frosty mornings

Oh it has been cold these last few weeks, really cold with severe frosts. I look at the lawn and see it covered in white, and it made me think of our grief. Grief bites, bereavement leaves you feeling cold to the world, to the warmth of others around you.
F=Frost covers the beauty of the […]

By anna -- 0 comments

December 16th, 2007

Carnival of Positive Thinking

As always on a Sunday I bring together articles that can help us turn our grief from our bereavements to thinking positively about the future.

SJ Yee presents 7 Motivational Quotes To Start Your Day, Everyday! posted at Personal Development for the Book Smart.

Santa’s Elf presents A tree of thanks posted at Love Santa, saying, “This […]

By anna -- 3 comments

December 14th, 2007

How to Solve Your Money Worries

As the holiday season is coming, our finances are stretched and this can increase the pain that we are already feeling through our bereavement, the loss of our partner. So each Friday I post articles that may help us to find a way through the financial worries during our grief.
Steve Faber presents - Holiday Gift […]

By anna -- 2 comments

December 13th, 2007

Grief is like a seesaw….

Not only do we suffer the ups and downs of bereavement, we also have to find various balances…

Balance of coping with letting our emotions out and losing control emotionally
Balance of remembering and not letting go.
Balance of not forgetting the past but learning to look to the future.
Balance of being grateful for having loved with the […]

By anna -- 1 comment