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"Did you see Death go by with my little child?" "Yes," said the blackthorn bush. "But I shall not tell you which way he went unless you warm me against your heart. I am freezing to death. I am stiff…
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"Passed away, gone to be with the Lord, expired, departed, went home".These are all very nice euphemisms for the ‘D-word.’ "It was God’s will. Time will heal. Everything happens for a reason. Y…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 16, 2009 CONTACT: Dr. Joanne Cacciatore: 602.574.1000 or Katherine Sandler: 480.861.7511…
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To be a light to others you will need a good dose of the spiritual life. Because as my mother used to say, if you are in a good place, then you can help others; but if you're not well, then go look…
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This amazing photo shows a group of Chimpanzees at the Sanaga-Yong Chimpanzee Rescue Centre in eastern Cameroon lined up solemnly near a fence after one of their fellow chimps died and is taken away.…
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The power of compassion heals.-Joanne CacciatoreI've always known, intuitively- viscerally, that the compassionate presence of another human being could heal, not just psychologically, but also the so…
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But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. Political language. . . is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pu…
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Reminded by beautiful Kara and KotaPress, I want to share a video produced by the MISS Foundation to recognize the children who died before their time, and the countless families left to mourn in thei…
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Loneliness and the feeling of being unheard is the most terrible poverty.Mother TeresaIn the criminal justice world, solitary confinement is used as a punishment to avert future unwanted behaviors. I…
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I was listening to NPR and heard a rerun of a story I'd heard previously. A familiar voice. I didn't know much about him, but I remembered he was a theologian facing his own early death to cancer.Onl…
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Our congratulations to Ms Joan Conway, RN and FIMR Director on the beautiful memorial that took place on Sept 16th, 2009 in honor of Infant Mortality Awareness Month.This is a photo of the statue ded…
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Anna Quindlen, a former journalist for the NY Times, lost her mother to cancer when she was a teen. A master of expression, she wrote of her experience with grief in a column entitled "Life after Deat…
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ANNOUNCING! Calling all bereaved parents, grandparents, siblings, and friends! Two new MISS Foundation Fundraisers are about to be launched, and we invite you to participate and please send this email…
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The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and for deeds left undone. ~Harriet Beecher StoweSomeone apologized to me for a hurtful act committed long ago. Though it was a delaye…
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There is something beautiful about a billion stars held steady by a God who knows what He is doing. They hang there, the stars, like notes on a page of music, free-form verse, silent mysteries swirlin…
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i know that touching was and still is and always will be the true revolution.nikki giovanniThe largest organ in our body is skin. A piece of skin roughly the size of a half dollar contains greater tha…
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Transcendence is the only alternative to extinction. Vaclav Havel, July 4, 1994During the course of a personal tragedy- one that is immeasurably traumatic, such as the death of a child- individuals h…
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Clementine: Joely? What if you stay this time? Joel: I walked out the door. There's no memory left. Clementine: Come back and make up a goodbye at least, let's pretend we had one... Goodbye, Joel.…
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