Loss

Feeling Grief

Grieving is a unique experience. It’s a process that is as individual as the people it affects. Oh yes, there are predictable stages … but the experience of loosing someone  dear to you is truly a very personal journey. Recently I said goodbye to my dear Dad. It’s hard to believe it was only a couple of months ago. I’ve processed a lot...

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What if you lose?
What if you lose?

This weekend, perhaps by the time you read this, the 2010 FIFA World Cup of Football will be decided. For one team, and all of their fans, it will be a momentous occasion. There will be partying in the streets, massive patriotic pride, and kudos for their successful homecoming athletes. But what about the losing team? Their fans will understandably...

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Heart Problems: A Dad Shaped Hole
Heart Problems: A Dad Shaped Hole

Not every girl gets to be Daddy's little girl. Many are missing the father-daughter relationship that is so essential for any child to have. The following excerpt is from H. Norman Wright's A Dad-Shaped Hole in My Heart. Dads, see for yourself and learn how to help heal that 'dad-shaped hole' in your daughter's heart. Daughters or even sons, consider...

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Disappointments Come in All Sizes
Disappointments Come in All Sizes

Not all disappointments are created equal. Tim Horton's in Canada recently brought back their "Roll Up the Rim" promotion, where by rolling up the rim on your cup of coffee you can win one of millions of free food prizes, or even computers or cars. But more often than not you won't win anything, and seeing "Please play again" is sure to be mildly...

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The Lasting Effects of Divorce
The Lasting Effects of Divorce

You don't have to deal with divorce alone. Talk to an email mentor. CNN.com recently reported that studies found going through a divorce does permanent damage to your health. Though those who remarried showed some improvement, they still exhibited more long-lasting mental and physical deficits than men and women who are married once and remain...

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Freddie Mac acting CFO found dead
Freddie Mac acting CFO found dead

Unfortunately, it doesn't sound like the economy is going to get better anytime soon. Today it was announced that the world economy is projected to contract by 1.3 per cent this year, which makes this the most severe recession since World War II. (Source: CBC) It was also revealed today that the Chief Financial Officer of Freddie Mac Corporation,...

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Starting Over: Facing the Future after Significant Loss
Starting Over: Facing the Future after Significant Loss

February 13th fell on a Tuesday that year, but it seemed like my unlucky day. My wife of twenty years was divorcing me; it would be final in two days. February 1, my employer had shown me the door—on the twenty-fifth anniversary of my employment. Now, on February 13, I was in my physician’s office getting test results. Unaware of my difficulties,...

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A Healing Journey
A Healing Journey

Secret -concealed from general knowledge or view, hidden. (Webster's Dictionary) There are different kinds of secrets. Some are things hidden from our understanding, sometimes called the mysteries of life: how they built the pyramids, miracles, unexplained events. There are military secrets - confidential military matters, the CIA and spies. There...

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