by Gary Roe | Abuse Recovery, Anger management, Anxiety, Depression, divorce recovery, Emotional pain, Families and grief, Family relationships, Fear, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Healing, Loss of a Child, loss of a spouse, Peace, Relationships, Suffering and Pain, Teen Grief
The following is adapted from the 2018 Book Excellence Award Winner, Teen Grief: Caring for the Grieving Teenage Heart. If you’re going through a time of loss, most likely you can relate to this article – even if you don’t have teens. Anger is common in grief and can...
by Gary Roe | Death and dying, Depression, divorce recovery, Emotional pain, Families and grief, Family relationships, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Loneliness, Relationships, Suffering and Pain, Teen Grief
The following is an excerpt from Teen Grief: Caring for the Grieving Teenage Heart. Grief loneliness hits all of us. I’ll bet you can relate. The suggestions at the end apply to all of us who want to help others who are grieving. Here are 5 ways to make a difference,...
by Gary Roe | Emotional pain, Families and grief, Family relationships, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Loneliness, Loss of a Child, loss of a spouse, Relationships, Stress Management, Suffering and Pain
“Where did everyone go? Do we have some kind of disease? Are we contagious?” Sandra said, fire in her eyes. Sandra’s daughter Sam was their firstborn. Sam and her little brother Stephen were quite a pair. They were together a lot and grew up close,...
by Gary Roe | Depression, divorce recovery, Emotional pain, Families and grief, Family relationships, Fatigue and Exhaustion, Fear, Grief and Loss, Grief recovery, Guilt, Loss of a Child, Loss of a parent, Loss of a sibling, loss of a spouse, Sadness, Suffering and Pain, Suicide grief
We’re all missing someone. Michelle sat across the table from me, turning her chicken salad over and over with her fork. “I should be over this by now,” she sighed. Michelle’s mother had passed away four months earlier. They had seen each other almost every day for a...
by Gary Roe | Abuse Recovery, Anger management, Communication, Courageous Living, Decision-making, Emotional pain, Faith, Family relationships, Forgiveness, God and Grief, Grief and Loss, Healing, Honesty and Transparency, loss of loved one, Love, Relationships, Spiritual questioning, Spiritual suffering, Stress Management, Suffering and Pain
“I’ve got some unfinished business.” I first heard this in a movie many years ago. Make things right by getting even. Exact our own version of justice based on our view of what happened. Do to others as they’ve done to us. And we wonder why things aren’t going...
