Considering buying a dog after the loss of a parent can be a good way to start to get through your struggle. They can be found at shelters, humane societies, or breeders, and if you choose the right one, he or she can be your friend for a long time.
These are the way to go when you are dealing with any kind of anxiety or sadness and you don’t…
When things are hard, we all need somebody with whom to talk. Death is hard; there’s no getting around it.…
Seems like a lot, doesn’t it? I bet it went quicker than you expected, too. That’s what usually happens. There’s a saying, “Time flies when you’re having fun.” I agree with that. Yet I think that it also applies to another scenario – time flies when there’s a lot going on.
Sometimes I feel that I am just sitting and watching my surviving parent mourn; whenever I try to help he just wipes away his tears and tries to be strong. How can I help–watching him just make me feel sad and useless?
How do I tell someone that I want to talk? People just assume that I am going to reach out…
In the blurry, awful period immediately after my father died, the house where I’d spent half my life no longer felt like mine. Everything felt too quiet, too still. The lingering air of death and sadness was heavy all around us. The family dogs refused to leave my parents’ bedroom and even the sun seemed reluctant to shine, obscured behind a cloudy snowstorm that lasted all night and the following day.