Each time another tragedy befalls our country which involves gun violence, the media is quick to exploit it. Sorry, that’s just the truth. You don’t hear the media and politicians screaming to outlaw knives or gasoline or alcohol. But still there are families all around the United States whose family members are killed by stabbings [...]
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I sit here looking out to the window. Anticipated bad weather is on the move toward us. My mind is racing in so many directions I don’t know which one I should or could concentrate on. I’m exhausted. The happenings of this past week have been something I never thought I would ever have to [...]
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The Connecticut State police has graciously assigned a member of their force to be with us right now. In a strange way, it’s comforting to keep the media at bay. In another way, I can’t keep from feeling how much more comforted I would have felt had they been at my child’s side when the [...]
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My eyes open. I see the same ceiling I’ve looked at each morning for all these years. It doesn’t look any different. In my peripheral vision, I see my husband curled up next to me. He has the blanket over his head. I’m exhausted. I lay here so still. I can hear my breath. And [...]
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I spent the summer of 2001 writing my book Understanding Your Grieving Heart After a Loved One’s Death. The evening before 9/11 I was developing the press plan and rejoicing because the printer had called that Monday to say the galleys had been shipped via UPS and I should expect them in a few days. [...]
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