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This Dad is Running for Hope
Daniel and his second daughter, Alysia Daniel Howes is running the City2Surf this year, in memory of his daughter Tricia Hope, who was stillborn. I’ll never forget July 5th, 2012. My wife, Michelle,...
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Thank You For Crying
Lynn Beisner has always felt that grief isolated her from the world. But when Lynn and Pete’s beloved dog died suddenly, she found herself able to cry beside her husband. – My Darling Pete: Thank you...
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Sorrow is Not Depression
Ken Druck knows about grief – he lost his own daughter suddenly – and he knows that grieving a major loss is not the same as Clinical Depression. – My family doctor told me I was “depressed” and...
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A Gay Dad Sounds Off About the Iowa Moms and an Unthinkable Tragedy
Roses for Gabriel’s Moms As an adoptive parent, Rob Watson has a special message for the two moms who had their adopted son taken back, only to have him suffer a terrible fate. As a gay dad, I have...
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He Said, She Said: One Couple, Two Perspectives on Grief
Embed from Getty Images — This Q&A was an experiment. We endeavored to answer the question: What are the different ways men and women—and all people—grieve after the loss of someone they love? We...
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Crying Over Stuffed Duck
Embed from Getty Images — Crying Over Stuffed Duck Scotty Schrier, Riverview, FL From Dads Behaving DADLY: 67 Truths, Tears, and Triumphs of Modern Fatherhood Copyright © 2014 Motivational Press....
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I Needed a Hug That He Couldn’t (Wouldn’t?) Give
— “No. I’m not, babe.” I sit and cry alone, again. You silence me with half-hearted platitudes and sighs, and when those don’t work…distance. And I’ve begun to fade away. The pounds are sloughing off....
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A Letter to the Child I Never Met
Author’s Note: It is estimated that 10 to 25 percent of all pregnancies end in a miscarriage – a term doctors use to describe any pregnancy that ends on its own within the first 20 weeks of gestation....
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The Death of a Soap Actor and a Cautionary Tale to Men
— Grieving the death of a relative or friend is an intensely painful and personal process and while there is no “right” way to grieve, there is certainly a “wrong” way or, more accurately, a...
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Fathers and Grief
Father’s Day is typically a time to honor our fathers. A time of giving thanks to those men that have raised us, hopefully, with love and care. Many of us reflect on fathers who have passed. There’s...
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5 Proven Ways to Be Happy Right Now
Happiness is the joy we feel striving towards our potential. -Shawn Achor, author, The Happiness Advantage. I can’t begin to tell a story without sharing why it matters. There was a time when I thought...
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The Heartbreaking Reason I Dread My Daughter’s Birthday
— Content Notice: Death of a child My seven-year-old daughter, Blake, had a slip-n-slide birthday party. At Blake’s request, no other moms were allowed to stay. She said, “The moms are so annoying....
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How to Honor Your Child by Healing
Recently I stopped myself from mentioning his name. My heart raced, and I quickly assessed how important it was to tell my whole story. The old me believed I had a fairytale life, one I had carefully...
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There Were Ten Passengers on Kobe’s Helicopter
When the reports came in along with the rest of the world, I sat saddened. Being a wife and mother, it hit too close to home. Every news channel, sports channel, and every social media outlet was about...
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It’s Okay to Be Afraid, It Might Save Your Life
hen I tell my story, people almost don’t believe it could happen. But it did. And telling it might save one life or many. Two decades ago, my son, Garrett, died suddenly during the Type A Flu epidemic....
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Fearing the Void
I remember the stand up comic Greg Davies once saying: “People are weird. We drive our most precious cargo, our family, the thing we love most in the world, and every one of us images crashing that car...
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