Are you still counting calories? It’s holiday time and there should be no calories during the holidays. Or are you making lists of the things that you don’t have any more, including your loved one? Handling the holidays is not deciding how to eliminate the fat, the pain, the memories from our lives, but rather, […] The post Good Mourning: The Many Faces of Grief – THE BLESSING BOX SHOW appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.

It only takes a moment for it all to be gone. A phone call, a knock on the door, a text, a few words and our world can come crashing down around us. What do you do when grief comes calling? Kris Munsch, of Hays, Kansas, builds and renovates things: houses, businesses, stores, things. No […] The post Good Mourning: The Many Faces of Grief – REBUILDING A LIFE AFTER LOSS WITH KRIS MUNSCH appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.

NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP I PRAY THE LORD MY SOUL TO KEEP IF I SHOULD DIE BEFORE I WAKE I PRAY THE LORD MY SOUL TO TAKE A universal child’s prayer, meant to give comfort, it may, instead, inspire FEAR. Although many parents refuse to give voice to a child’s fears and […] The post Good Mourning: The Many Faces of Grief – Talking to Children About Death and Grief appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.

I’ve decided to spend January in my basement. After all, basements are often dark and gloomy (suits my mood), in need of organization (describes my life perfectly) and could use a good cleaning (similar to shaking the cobwebs out of my brain.) January is a let down from the hustle and bustle of the Holidays. […] The post Good Mourning: The Many Faces of Grief – SURVIVING THE POST HOLIDAY LETDOWN: DEPRESSION AND GRIEF appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.

I’ve always wondered why the new year begins buried in snow, frozen in ice or blanketed in mud. It always seems harder to begin when my feet are encased in leaden boots or stuck in frozen mud. Wouldn’t it be easier to begin a new journey if the weather were warmer and my feet were […] The post Good Mourning: The Many Faces of Grief – THE END OF THE YEAR AND GRIEF IS STILL HERE: WHAT WE’VE LEARNED FROM OUR JOURNEY appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.

It’s the holiday season and no matter which holiday it is for you, it’s time to celebrate and to give and receive gifts. But when your holiday may only be seasoned with grief, exchanging gifts may seem especially painful. Yet, there is one gift exchange that is so incredible, so profound that we need to […] The post Good Mourning: The Many Faces of Grief – A PRICELESS GIFT EXCHANGE: ORGAN DONATION appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.

This is not your typical holiday show, yet it is a story of despair and hope woven together as one family struggles to find joy again after the death of their precious child. For years we struggled with the belief that the divorce rate was as high as 80%. Fortunately, new studies strongly suggest this […] The post Good Mourning: The Many Faces of Grief – RECONNECTING A MARRIAGE AFTER THE DEATH OF A CHILD appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.

Life is a little different in small town America. Here the pace is the slower and the people seem to be closer to each other. Minneapolis, Kansas is alive and well and thriving…held together by the compassionate caring of its residents. It is rural America at its best and it is the home of a […] The post Good Mourning: The Many Faces of Grief – A FAMILY FUNERAL HOME IN RURAL AMERICA appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.

Holiday cards. Gifts. Singing. Decorating. Pretending to be happy. Fruitcake? It’s holiday time and the world is filled with music, tinsel and glitter. It is a festive time of year, filled with joyous occasions and family gatherings. But when your family circle has been broken by death, the only things that sparkle this season may […] The post Good Mourning: The Many Faces of Grief – THE HOLIDAYS ARE COMING AND I’M NOT READY! appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.

A single sigh and she left. She left us, not with anguish or pain, but in the quietness of a sunlit room, in the peace of her own home, under the guardianship of a hospice program. My mom was able to die the way she wished…at home, surrounded by her favorite things, with her family […] The post Good Mourning: The Many Faces of Grief – HOSPICE: A PLACE OF CARING COMPASSION FOR THE FINAL JOURNEY appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.