by Dr Bill Webster | Jan 22, 2020 | Grief, Helping Those Who Grieve
I’d love to help but I just don’t know what to say or what I should do. I am sure many of us can identify with such sentiments. We hear that a friend or a neighbor has had a loss. Our hearts immediately go out to them and we long to be of some comfort or assistance...
by Dr Bill Webster | Jan 22, 2020 | Coping with Complicated Situations, Grief
It became obvious in January that Ken was losing his four year battle with cancer. Connie, his wife of over thirty years, took her vacation month from work, and then an additional five week leave of absence to be with him every agonizing day in the hospital. On...
by Dr Bill Webster | Jan 22, 2020 | Children and Grief, Grief
“My mother died when I was 5 years old. I felt like I was insignificant as if I was getting smaller and smaller … so unimportant that I might disappear. It’s very hard to explain, but I believed I was wrong, somehow. For years I felt like I was on the outside of...
by Dr Bill Webster | Jan 22, 2020 | Children and Grief, Grief
It is important to note that children have many questions about death, and these are usually different than the ones that occur to adults. Children’s questions deserve simple, straight forward answers. Initial Steps The first task of a grieving child is to make sense...
by Dr Bill Webster | Jan 22, 2020 | Grief, Understanding Grief
One reason that we often find grief such a difficult challenge is that we have never learned what to expect. The following facts will help you understand some crucial truths about grief and grieving and how we can work through the process to find healing. 1....
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