http://www.widowsjournal.com Support for Widows Wed, 26 Dec 2007 02:16:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Bryna, Thank you for using your special gifts to help, support, comfort and care for those of us who have experienced loss. The Grief Support Group is certainly needed here. We all appreciate your mission....hope you know what a special person you are. I add you ... http://www.widowsjournal.com/2007/12/25/happy-holidays/ "To admire, To expand one's self, To forget the rut, To have a sense of newness and life and hope, is to feel young at any time of life." --Charles Horton Cooley http://www.widowsjournal.com/2007/10/16/how-true/ In adversity, we can be the victim for all of 30 seconds; then it is time to put one foot in front of another and start going forward.  Even in bad times, we have to stop and count our blessings." Rabbi Sally Olins Temple Isaiah Palm Springs, CA http://www.widowsjournal.com/2007/09/04/there-are-always-blessings/ The next time you look into the mirror, just look at the way the ears rest next to the head; look at the way the hairline grows; think of all the little bones in your wrist. It is a miracle." -- Martha Graham http://www.widowsjournal.com/2007/08/24/and-so-it-is/ Posted Thursday, Aug. 9, 2007, at 7:34 AM ET I unexpectedly lost my husband two and a half years ago. We were married 17 years and had a wonderful, happy marriage. I can honestly say that the only regret I have is that we didn't have more time ... http://www.widowsjournal.com/2007/08/10/shared-by-a-friend/ www.HeartToHeartCoaching.com has been launched. http://www.widowsjournal.com/2007/07/16/update/ Strength is the capacity to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands - and then eat just one of the pieces – Judith Viorst http://www.widowsjournal.com/2007/07/14/what-is-grief/ Healing is a process you go through. It’s not an event that happens to you. It’s not something someone else does to you. You are your own healer and the way you heal is to participate in your process as fully as you can. Everybody’s process is different. No ... http://www.widowsjournal.com/2007/07/08/healing/ I have added an exciting dimension to my life. I am now a life coach! As a coach, I inspire and motivate my clients to make the small changes that create the big differences in their lives. I help them go from where they are right now to where they want ... http://www.widowsjournal.com/2007/06/14/whats-new/ How do we support one another? We can learn from elephants. Elephants are known to grieve in groups. They loop their trunks to support the bereaved. Like elephants, we should remain connected and open to the sorrow of others. Grieving is private; but, it can be public too. We need to stop ... http://www.widowsjournal.com/2007/06/13/elephants/