| The Year Before Last | Author unknown |
| Newsletters and Tears | Jeff Johnson, TCF, Cape Fear Chapter, Wilmington, NC |
| Thanksgiving Thoughts | Ronnie Peterson, TCF, Star Lake, NY |
| John's Story | Char, TCF, Billings, MT
In Memory of John Paul Greni |
| The First Time | Sara T. DeLeon, Tucson, AZ |
| I Said I Could Not Do It, But I Did! | Betz Crump, TCF, Ft. Lauderdale FL. |
| And Then There Were Two... | Annette Mennen Baldwin, TCF, Katy, TX
In Memory of Todd Mennen
and Caitlin Mennen |
| The Best Thing I Ever Did | Dan Zweig, TCF, Manhattan NY |
| A Little More About Anger... | Marie Levine, TCF, Manhattan NY |
| And Then There was Hope | Annette Mennen Baldwin, TCF, Katy, TX
In Memory of my son, Todd Mennen |
| Holiday Hope | Cathy L. Seehuetter, TCF, St. Paul, MN
In Memory of my daughter, Nina |
| On Time | Brina Romanoff, PhD, TCF, Albany, NY |
In the Hope of Helping Others -
The Compassionate Friends | Genesse Gentry |
| Summer Thoughts | Libby Gonzales, TCF, Huntsville, AL |
| Of Peace on Earth, Good Will to Men | Joyce Andrews, TCF, Southeast TX |
| My First Five Years as an Only Child | Kristin Steiner, TCF, Staten Island, NY |
| Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep | Story behind the poem by Mary Elizabeth Frye |
| Do You Know Who I Am? | Deborah Wiseman, TCF, Nashville, TN |
| Do You have Children? | Penny Young
In Remembrance of Matthew Ragan Young, 1975-1994 |
| The Courage to Come Back Again | Cathy Seehuetter, TCF, St. Paul, MN |
| Please See Me Through My Tears | Kelly Osmont, TCF, Sacramento Valley Chapter |
| Gratitude | Joan Conley, TCF Kamloops, BC, Canada |
| But Your Son WANTED to Die—Mine Didn't | Maureen Hargreaves, TCF Melbourne, Australia |
| A Crown of Thorns | Bill Spach, TCF, Colorado Springs, CO and Frederick, MD |
| A Familiar Face | Niecy Moss, TCF, Houston-West |
Honoring Lost Loved Ones:
How I Carry My Son's Memory into the Future | Linda Broder, TCF, Miami Valley, OH |
| The Wariness of Grief | Peggi Johnson, TCF, Piedmont, VA |
| Fireworks Are Like the Love In Our Hearts | Jane Oja, TCF, Central Oregon Chapter |
| Cycles | Diane,TCF, Wake County, NC |
| The Sounds of Silence | Mel Winer |
| Bent But Not Broken | Donna Frechec, TCF, Enid Chapter |
| Observations | Betty George, TCF, Kitsap, CO |
| In Search of Lost Joy | Darcie Sims, Kansas City, MO |
| Memorial Day | Judy Foster, TCF, Omaha, NE |
| The Father's Grief | David Pellegrin, Honolulu, HI |
| Butterfly Soldier | Bonnie Harris-Tibbs, TCF, Richmond, VA |
| Falling for You | Carol Clum, TCF, Medford, OR |
| Autumn Tears | Penny Young, TCF Powell River, British Columbia |
| What is Left? | Betty Stevens, TCF Baltimore, MD |
| Unchosen Journey | Steve Colangelo, TCF, Rochester NY
In loving memory of son, Daniel Colangelo |
| September 11th | Stew Levett, TCF, Pikes Peak Chapter, CO |
| Hope Defined | Susan Chan, TCF, Topeka, KS |
| On Gratitude | Monica Colberg, TCF, Minneapolis, MN |
| Mother's Day, "Before" and "After" | Cathy L. Seehuetter, TCF, St. Paul, MN
In Memory of my daughter, Nina |
| Why a Butterfly? | Marge Tomlinson, TCF, Seattle-King County, WA |
| Things Aren't Always As They Seem | Rhonda Cloos, TCF, Sugar Land, SW Houston, TX |
| The Shirt In The Clothes Hamper | Fay Harden, TCF, Tuscaloosa, AL |
| The Tree in Our Backyard | Pat Langford, TCF, North Platte, NE |
| To Those Who Don't Understand Me | Shelley Beck, TCF, Anne Arundel County, MD |
| A Dog Named "HOPE" | Betty J. Lambert, TCF, Dubuque Area Chapter, IA
Mother of Jeanne Marie |
| Grieving in Pairs | Gerry Hunt, TCF, White River Junction, VT |
| Grief and Marriage | Pat Retzloff, TCF, Oshkosh, WI |
| A Stepparent's Thoughts | Tony Cinocco, TCF, Denver, CO |
| Personal Reflections | Dave Ziv, TCF, Bucks, Montana |
| Anniversary Reaction | Margaret Gerner, TCF, St. Louis, MO |
| The Old Yellow Truck | Gary Piepenbring, TCF, Penn, MD |
| "Seasoned" Parent | Robin Hunt, TCF, Nashville, TN |
| Daffodil Time | Tom Crouthamel, TCF, Sarasota, FL |
| SUICIDE: How Do We Say It? | Joyce Andrews, TCF, Sugar Land, TX |
| For a Time | Mike Bell, TCF, Nashville, TN |
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One of the most effective ways to cope with grief
is through storytelling. Telling stories about our
loved ones allows us to keep their memory alive
and share their legacy with others. It also helps
us to process our emotions and make sense of
what has happened.
Sharing narratives can help us change the way
grief itself is experienced as well as the ways
it is understood and interpreted. There are as
many reasons for and ways to use stories in
grief care as there are individuals who grieve.
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