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Easter
It’s Easter Sunday. Another big family gathering day. Another check mark on our Year of Firsts check list. Our first Easter without Richard. I really hate these Year of Firsts check off items. But I’m pretty sure I’ll hate the Year of Seconds, and the Year of Thirds and on and on etc., etc., just…
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Grieving Dads Do The Funniest Things
My boss at work came into our break-room last night, where I was eating my supper. He said, “You win the award.” “What award?” I asked. “The one for making the biggest part order in company history.” He handed me a sheet of paper. It was a copy of an email sent to cancel the order. I…
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When Should You Return to Work?
A big question many of us must face after losing a child is when do I go back to work? Most are probably like me – you need the money, so you have to go back as soon as your employer’s funeral leave has ended. My employer gives us 5 days paid time off for…
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Miracles
Church can be a dangerous place for a grieving parent. In his sermon Sunday, Father Bill mentioned some miracles. He started with several taken from the Bible, including the story of Christ raising a little dead girl back to life. Father Bill then told us of a local family. One of the boy’s in the family…
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Grieving Dad’s
The following is from We Need Not Walk Alone, the national magazine of The Compassionate Friends. The Father’s Grief By David Pellegrin TCF Honolulu, HI At my second meeting of The Compassionate Friends about three years ago, one of the mothers said how nice it was to see a man attending, since “men grieve differently from…