by barhop | Dec 30, 2018 | Blog, Tips, Topics & Stories |
Are you starting a new year without your partner?That prospect can be pretty scary… especially if you are a recent widow or widower. Most likely, you blended your lifestyle so that you each were responsible for part of the household chores, but now you have...
by barhop | Dec 23, 2018 | Blog, Tips |
Christmas is almost upon us! What makes that holiday (or Hanukkah) seemingly worse for grievers than other holidays? Is it because of all the commercial hype? Is it because it is a gift-giving holiday? Is it because we gather with family more than other holidays,...
by barhop | Dec 11, 2018 | Blog, Tips, Topics & Stories |
Tomorrow is the anniversary of our engagement. Just another milestone I can’t celebrate this year because my husband died suddenly fourteen months ago. This one is in the middle of holidays… How those have changed since Jim died! I’m going to...
by barhop | Apr 14, 2017 | Blog, Tips, Videos |
Video Script: This is Maria and myself — healing together We chose to heal after each losing sons in vehicular accidents. As you might imagine, we went through a period of time that was mind numbing, extremely difficult, and scary. My name is Barbara J Hopkinson of A...
by barhop | Mar 22, 2017 | Blog, Pet Loss, Tips, Videos |
So Many Kinds of Loss – How Do You Get Help? According to the Grief Recovery Institute (GRI), there are 43 losses that can produce the range of emotions that we call grief – including death, divorce or end of a relationship, loss of health, major financial...
by barhop | Mar 13, 2017 | Blog, Tips, Videos |
Video Script: This is Jim. He chose to heal after losing his mother when he was only a teenager, and his father prematurely as well. You can imagine he went through periods of time that were difficult and hard to understand. My name is Barbara J Hopkinson of A...
