How to Deal With Grief

How to deal with grief is really an individual decision. Welcome to our grief resource pages. My grief journey and loss experiences have changed the way I look at life, and added to my compassion and empathy for others.

I realize that many of you won't see a mental health specialist in person when you are trying to figure out from a death or other loss.

Most of us want to think we can do it alone, without help. Lots of folks just hibernate and hope the sadness will pass.

Thats why I created this site to help you learn how to deal with grief in a healthy way and comfort you in your time of crisis. We are here when you don't have someone to hold your hand.

It's important that you know you are not alone. This journey can be isolating, and it is so important to know that much of what you are going through is normal.

You'll recognize many of the feelings you are experiencing, find that they are normal grief reactions, and be reassured that they will pass.

We will introduce some ideas for how to deal with grief that may not have occurred to you. We love flowers and provide some incredible slide shows and photos that are guaranteed to lift your spirits.

Our pet dogs have been such a great comfort to us, so we offer some light-hearted dog park therapy for your enjoyment. Our pets brought so much joy, not only in the early days of the death of our granddaughter, but just recently when my husband had surgery for pancreatic cancer.

As you visit this site, our prayer is that you will find comfort, healing and peace for your spirit, and the opportunity for a new life in the Lord Jesus Christ.

My Brush With Breast Cancer

To my complete surprise, I was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Some people find that learning about the five stages of grief is useful in understanding some of the process we go through. I think it helps to know that others go through many of the same experiences.

Within a few months of my end of treatment, my best friend's sister was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer.

I like to think that my experience made my friend's choices easier as she went through the next several months. She was sharing her own grief and helping her sister learn how to deal with grief.

We grieve when we have a loss of our future, given a terminal diagnosis. Wondering how to deal with grief, but not wanting to acknowledge there is something to grieve about.

About the same time, one of our office staff was diagnosed with breast cancer, went through surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation.

It was a long haul for her, and once again, my own experience helped me to be more sensitive to her needs.

Between my friend and I, we were able to walk her through some of the choices and challenges she faced.

My friend faced many painful moments as she watched her sister fight a losing battle against a powerful disease. As the end grew near, she was in Oklahoma at her sister's bedside.

I spoke with her briefly, asked her how she was doing, and she asked me, "I need to know how to make lemonade". At first, I didn't get what she was talking about.

Later I remembered a conversation we had had earlier, about facing difficult situations. You've probably heard the term as well, "when life hands you lemons, make lemonade".

Often that is precisely what we do as we learn how to deal with grief.

Sometimes we experience losses that are not accepted socially or that carry a stigma, such as a diagnosis with a major mental illness. This disenfranchised grief leaves one feeling particularly isolated and alone. We want to support you whatever the nature of your loss, so please look through the pages of this site and let us help you find out how to deal with grief.

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