Coping with grief

Off and on over my very long life I have heard of the stages of grief. I like psychology but have not delved too much into the theory and practicalities of it. I am not one of those Christians who push psychology aside as a trap of the world. I believe God designed us, like He did all things, to work in an orderly manner and part of that design is how our brains work in concert with our emotions. As with all things, we humans have spent much time trying to figure out the inner workings of the...Read Full Story

Otherwise known as... Still Standing... This is a crazy, hectic, work-oneself-to-death time of year in the life of a school counselor.  We are in the throes of course registration for the 2012-2013 school year, and senior letters are due (in which we inform parents of the credits their children are lacking that they'll need to graduate )... while maintaining our normal, cheerful duties of facilitating parent-teacher conferences, returning communication to parents and teachers, and continuing...Read Full Story

On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross , David Kessler (66) Buy new: $10.20 89 used & new from $6.95 (Visit the Most Gifted in Death & Grief list for authoritative information on this product's current rank.) Review & Description Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's On Death and Dying changed the way we talk about the end of life. Before her own death in 2004, she and David Kessler completed On Grief and Grieving , which looks at the...Read Full Story

On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross , David Kessler (66) Buy new: $8.98 92 used & new from $5.01 (Visit the Most Gifted in Death & Grief list for authoritative information on this product's current rank.) Review & Description Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's On Death and Dying changed the way we talk about the end of life. Before her own death in 2004, she and David Kessler completed On Grief and Grieving , which looks at the way...Read Full Story

Otherwise known as... So Far from 100% Yesterday-- all week, really-- my tears were super-close to the surface.  At the end of the day, I went by my salon and my stylist (as described in Hair... Grows ) had an opening 30 minutes later.  I went to DQ and had a mini-Blizzard (they are JUST the right size!) and returned to the salon just in time for my impromptu appointment.  Rosemarie the Super Stylist looked at me.  Didn't I just see you? I wasn't supposed to be back until April. Sometimes a...Read Full Story