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Singing Voicemails
Posted 2 months ago by Jennifer D
Posted in eBooks & eAudiobooks, Movies, Music, & Audiobooks and Self-help & Spirituality | Tagged with bereavement, death and dying, family relationships, grief and Loss - psychology
Have you ever saved a voicemail for eight years? I have, and I think it's possible that many of us have a saved voicemail or two, it's just not something we talk about. Before my mom passed away, she would call me every morning around 8:15 and we would talk before I left for work. Then, that tradition ended. One of her voicemails lived on...a long time.
Continue Reading10 Picture Books to Help Tackle Tough Topics
Posted 7 months ago by Kelly P
Posted in Children & Parenting, eBooks & eAudiobooks and Fiction, Literature, Poetry & Graphic Novels | Tagged with animals, bullies, bullying, children of divorced parents, compassion, courage, death, death and dying, divorce, emotions, families, feelings, friendship, grief, Grief - Fiction, grieving, juvenile fiction, loss, news, parent and child, picture books, school, social issues and stories in rhyme
A selection of picture books covering tough topics.
Continue ReadingChildren and Grieving
Posted about 1 year ago by Ann H
Posted in Children & Parenting | Tagged with death, dying, emotions, grief, grieving and loss
Helping children cope with the loss of a loved one can be quite challenging. We have a selection of books that may help open up a dialogue between you and your child and in turn help with the grieving process.
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