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September 17th, 2008

A Lesson from A Cemetery

I can’t remember who said it but someone said something like “The most valuable land in the world is the cemetery, think of all the treasures, the books not written, the ideas laying dormant” 
When you think about it, it is true. Our loved ones had dreams, our loved ones talked about doing things that now […]

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July 25th, 2008

What we should wish for in our grief

I posted yesterday about Is there life after death, and Diane wrote such wonderful words that I wanted to share them with you. She also left a link to the Waterbug story
“I believe that the loss of a loved one does change you forever but that the change isn’t always a bad thing. The days […]

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June 10th, 2008

Families Against Crime

Sandra from Families Against Crime  left a comment to PS I Love You giving the back story of the book that I talked about and explaining how this book of poetry, dedicated to all those we have lost to a violent crime…. came to being.She also left a link to a tribute website for Matthew […]

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April 18th, 2008

Seeing Problems as Part of Life

Today I have had “one of those days” - my heating packed up again, some audio wouldn’t work for my podcast, one cat was vomiting, one cat has a cold, the feed of my work blog stopped working and my friend’s son went into hospital…..all within 2 hours.
I found myself saying to myself “I wish […]

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March 19th, 2008

Messages on Death From Beyond the Grave

Death brings that separation and often gives that sense of grief of not being able to say final words to the person you love…well, I came across a site called Justincaseidie which says
“For many people, the worst thing about dying is that you’ll never get to see your loved ones again, or eat another steak, […]

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February 19th, 2008

We Need Laughter Through Grief

I think we can often feel guilty about enjoying our lives, guilty about laughing but laughing is an important part of anyone’s life. Take a look at these quotes
“Mirth is God’s medicine. Everybody ought to bathe in it.” ~ Henry Ward Beecher
“Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.” ~ Victor […]

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May 13th, 2007

The Start of a New Week

Today is the start of a whole new set of experiences, a whole new set of emotions and it is not what happens but rather our reaction to them that will be important. Here is how I want to START the week!
S= Smile and make the whole world a better place.
T= Thank someone just for […]

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