tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1230362 2008-10-12T23:44:58-07:00 Helping you through bereavement, one step at a time TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-56904479 2008-10-12T23:44:58-07:00 2008-10-12T23:49:18-07:00 Lucie Storrs Look no further. You have just found the most comprehensive and thoughtful book of sympathy poems, quotes and readings available, with the insights of many of the world's finest authors on life, love and loss. You need never be lost for words again... You may well have been called upon to write a eulogy or speak at a funeral at very short notice, leaving little time to find a suitable poem or reading, so our...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheLightBeyond?a=SyFlM"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheLightBeyond?i=SyFlM" border="0"></img></a> </div> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-56067970 2008-09-24T05:09:39-07:00 2008-09-24T05:10:13-07:00 Lucie Storrs On September 13 at 3:00 am Joey lost his life about 8 hours later Zach lost his. I was at work when Katelyn texted me saying Zach and Joey got into a car accident and died. I didn't believe her until I called her and heard her shaky voice. I collapsed into a chair and began weeping and repeating no this cannot be true you're lying you're lying. . . . I barely made it...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheLightBeyond?a=wEmxL"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheLightBeyond?i=wEmxL" border="0"></img></a> </div> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-54545324 2008-08-22T02:04:43-07:00 2008-08-22T02:08:13-07:00 Lucie Storrs Since death often ends relationships so abruptly, it's human nature to always wish you had done something differently. It may help to remind yourself that you did the best you could do, and that no matter how hard you try, some things will always be left unsaid and undone. Try hard to forgive yourself, just as your loved one would most certainly forgive you.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheLightBeyond?a=UMXrgK"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheLightBeyond?i=UMXrgK" border="0"></img></a> </div> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-54303282 2008-08-17T02:06:21-07:00 2008-08-17T02:06:38-07:00 Lucie Storrs Make sure you don’t avoid a grieving friend or relative because you are worried about being intrusive at a tough time. Our society teaches us to back away from mourners and give them time, when what most grieving people really want and need is some form of contact. Even if they're not up for a long talk, just hearing a friendly voice on the other end of the line can be enough to make a...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheLightBeyond?a=mMPuVK"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheLightBeyond?i=mMPuVK" border="0"></img></a> </div> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-53920488 2008-08-08T02:42:37-07:00 2008-08-08T02:43:11-07:00 Lucie Storrs The ever-helpful azaleaeight just posted this in the Light Beyond bereavement forum: "Moving on" isn't always as simple as we think it should be, and it often seems to take more time than most of us think it should. The article below addresses the not-so-black-and-white matters of moving on. http://hubpages.com/hub/How-to-move-on-after-death-of-a-love-one_2<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheLightBeyond?a=XghemK"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/TheLightBeyond?i=XghemK" border="0"></img></a> </div>