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Grief Denied - A Vietnam Widow's Story

by Pauline Laurent

It's a beautiful Sunday afternoon in May -- Mother's Day, 1968. Spring in the midwest is sprouting with life and possibility. The peonies are shooting stalks through the rich, black soil in the flowerbed. After morning mass at St. Joseph's, I am sitting in the shade of the big sycamore in Mom's backyard.

Suicide and Forgiveness

by Staff Writer

When someone close to you chooses to take his or her own life, the emotions you feel leave you confused. There is a whole cycle starting from hurt to hate to anger to betrayal to denial to anguish and finally grief.

Nutrition and Bereavement

by Carolyn Katzin

Food stands for so much more than calories, vitamins and other nutrients. Food represents caring, love, attention and support. The act of cooking and caring for oneself may seem almost sacrilegious if you are grieving.