Author: joywirta

HOLIDAYS AND DEALING WITH THE DEATH OF A LOVED ONE

Dealing with a loved one’s death is difficult. Celebrating the holidays after a loss can hold its own special challenges. Our family and friends add joy and warmth to regular holiday celebrations, but when someone we love dies, holidays can feel quite different and overwhelming.

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LIFE, DEATH & CHOICES

When life hangs in the balance we often associate choice with maybe our physician, EMS, 911 operator.Most of us hope never to have to be in the position where our life hangs in the balance.Usually the pattern we have chosen in life is often the choosing will in death.

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TRUE or FALSE, SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE CONDOLENCES

Social Media has itself received a lot of negativity in recent months, in respect to posting pictures – of life altering events, such as car crashes, accidents, hell even a recently deceased individual. Authorities are asking society as a whole to think before they “Post”.

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WATER BUGS AND DRAGONFLIES

There are so many sites now about grief and the journey, it is astronomical. OKAY. maybe the distance between the centre of the earth and sun is a bit far fetched, but you get the idea. One of my favorites, with exception to my own.. for obvious reasons is, Chasing Dragonflies a blog with wordpress.com.

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THE HIDDEN GRIEF

I have kept this blog of loss, grief and what to do next till this Sunday Share for a very good reason, as my milestone birthday comes in a couple days and I turn 50, it also brings to light a different form of grief, “The Hidden Grief”. You see for those readers that do not know this, I was adopted.

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THE NEW YOU

Each and everyone one of us change after a death, especially if it is a close loved one. What we do with our grief is what makes us individuals.

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