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Grief Support Library

Grief Support Articles

Caregiving: Emotional Roller Coaster

Cremation or Burial? Families Don't Always Agree

Developmental Stages in a Child's Understanding of Death or Loss

Do We Choose?

Grief: The First Week, Month, Year

Helping Yourself Heal

How Can I Help? What to Ask for When You're Grieving

Making Prearrangements - Why Does It Feel Strange?

Marking Milestones

The Food Ritual



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Featured Story

At the age of 24 I never thought I would have to go through what I did. On November 19, 1999 I recieved a page with my home phone number. I quickly returned the call, my mother answered the phone (she should have been at work) and said they were taking my dad to the hospital. My mind began to whirl!

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