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While you and I prepare for the holiday season just a few days away, many of our friends and loved ones live in dread of the special days ahead when families gather and they will be reminded of their grief and their loss.  In their homes there will be an empty chair at the dinner […]

This past weekend over one hundred and fifty couples had the opportunity to attend a marriage seminar presented by Gary Thomas, author of the book “Sacred Marriage”. Mr. Thomas posed that this seminar would not include instruction on the “how to”, as much as, it would give instruction on the “heart to” persevere in our […]

The culture we mourners live in is not grief-friendly. Well meaning friends and family tell us they were hoping that we would be “doing better by now.” Bottom line and productivity-minded bosses give us three days bereavement leave from work when someone in our immediate family dies. Mourning employees are often expected to return to […]