http://www.living-with-grief.com Learning to embrace grief and draw new strength and meaning from it. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:24:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en by Reuben M. Chow, Living-With-Grief.com Losing a loved one is a very trying experience. At that point, almost everything seems doom and gloom, and life can be pretty empty. ShareThis http://www.living-with-grief.com/joining-the-dots/ by Reuben M. Chow, Living-With-Grief.com Perhaps, when we were very young, we innocently believed that life was all smooth and rosy and that all the people dear to us would be around with us for a long, long time, if not forever. ShareThis http://www.living-with-grief.com/coping-with-the-fear-of-more-loss/ by Reuben M. Chow, Living-With-Grief.com In some ways, my grief experiences -- the loss of my parents in my 20's, which is earlier than most people -- have hardened me to the possibility of losing loved ones. ShareThis http://www.living-with-grief.com/hurt-from-the-loss-of-many-loved-ones/ by Reuben M. Chow, Living-With-Grief.com The loss of both my parents, although both to illness, were very different experiences. ShareThis http://www.living-with-grief.com/saying-those-last-words-and-the-final-goodbye/ by Reuben M. Chow, Living-With-Grief.com This society of ours values strength. The fittest survive, the best win, the strongest top the chart, and what not. ShareThis http://www.living-with-grief.com/the-importance-of-being-weak/ by Reuben M. Chow, Living-With-Grief.com As we mourn the loss of our loved ones, it is often tempting to retreat into a shell, to build a barrier and shut ourselves away from the love of others, and any interaction with them. ShareThis http://www.living-with-grief.com/keeping-in-touching-distance-of-others/ by Reuben M. Chow, Living-With-Grief.com During the immediate period after the passing of a loved one, we are usually surrounded with care, concern and the support of friends, relatives and other associates. They ask how we are, they go easy on us, they console us, and they volunteer whatever help is needed. ShareThis http://www.living-with-grief.com/the-period-after-the-immediate-period/ by Reuben M. Chow, Living-With-Grief.com Certain materials are usually strongly associated with  the passing of our loved ones. ShareThis http://www.living-with-grief.com/putting-the-unhappiness-away/ by Reuben M. Chow, Living-With-Grief.com Every now and then, I see or meet someone who reminds me of my late father or late mother. It could be how they look, the way they speak, their personality, or just the way they move. ShareThis http://www.living-with-grief.com/those-familiar-faces/ by Reuben M. Chow, Living-With-Grief.com I used to spend maybe a few hours a week with my parents. By "spend", I mean we were physically together; how much quality time there actually was, is another question altogether. ShareThis http://www.living-with-grief.com/with-us-forever/