by Laura Johnston | May 24, 2019 | Grieving Parents, Supported Families
The Facebook feed is full of prom photos. Who is going with whom? What dress/tux are they wearing? Where is the before dance date kicking off? Who is the group of friends traveling to the party? Look at the joy, the beauty, the happiness.But what if you can’t? What if...
by 3Hopeful Hearts | Apr 16, 2019 | Grieving Parents
This blog entry is a personal reflection on an event that happened recently while traveling and how the world has a way of leading you to where you need to be if you let it. On this particular trip, I sat next to a father and his young son going on a trip for Spring...
by 3Hopeful Hearts | Apr 2, 2019 | Grieving Parents, Supported Families
Positive vs. Negative Self-Care Self-care seems obviously positive. However, sometimes in the journey of grief, we care for ourselves in a variety of ways and some of those can be downright negative, or at least steps on a slippery slope toward harmful. One of the...
by 3Hopeful Hearts | Mar 11, 2019 | Grieving Parents
Mindfulness involves purposefully engaging in techniques that help you focus on being in the moment without judgement while calmly accepting one’s feelings both physically and emotionally. This can range from meditative breathing, visualization, to thinking practices,...
by Michelle Bechtel | Nov 21, 2018 | Grieving Parents
I am the only one I know that LOVES cranberry sauce. Some may like it and eat a bit, some eat a little to be polite, but most skip it entirely. It is one of those things that is wholly mine and the type of thing I dreamt of one or more of my children adopting. But...
by 3Hopeful Hearts | Oct 12, 2018 | Grieving Parents
By: Dr. Alan Wolfelt “Someone you love has died. In your heart, you have come to know your deepest pain. From my own experiences with loss as well as those of the thousands of people I have counseled over the years, I have learned that we cannot go around the pain of...
