Grief and the Wisdom of Others

Why reinvent the wheel? I realize that you and I are different from each other, and that we are different from every other human being. I have lost several loved ones, as have you, and each loss is different as well. However, each loss has some things in common just as you and I have some things in common, and we can learn from each other...

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Working with a Grieving Co-worker

I had to say something, but I didn't know what to say. Years ago, a fellow Pastor lost his daughter in a single vehicle accident. I was out of the country at the time and six months passed before our paths crossed. I said something like, “I can only imagine how hard that must have been.” He responded, “No, you can’t! You can’t even imagine! I feel like my heart has been ripped out of my chest!...

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