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If you have lost a loved one or are thinking about your own end of life plan, Your Tribute's grief and funeral resources can help you through this difficult process. Browse more than 300 funeral and grief articles, templates and help guides written by licensed funeral directors, grief counselors and other funeral and grief experts.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 382 )
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Surviving Spouse Rights in USA (Infographic)
Dealing with loss can be extremely hard. The last thing you feel like doing is dealing with the legalities of your loved ones will and estate. Still, it is... Read more
Posted on 22 April 2015 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS -
Surviving Spouse Rights in USA (Infographic)
Dealing with loss can be extremely hard. The last thing you feel like doing is dealing with the legalities of your loved ones will and estate. Still, it is... Read more
Posted on 22 April 2015 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS -
The Challenges of Grief: I Can’t Help It
I do not know any of the details, but I saw a microcosm of how we respond to pain as I left the super market the other day. A car was parked near the front... Read more
Posted on 17 April 2015 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS -
The Questions of Grief: Grief Delayed
I cared for my father for several months before his condition forced us to use the services of a nursing home. Even after they took over a great deal of the... Read more
Posted on 16 April 2015 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS -
The Relay For Eternal Life
My daughter Jeannine has been prominent in my thoughts lately. Since her death on March 1,2003 at the age of 18, due to cancer, there isn’t a day that goes by... Read more
Posted on 15 April 2015 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS -
After Loss: We Are Our Own Evidence
Validation Comes From Within If we need validation or proof of our own transformation after loss or other life altering events, we need look no further than... Read more
Posted on 14 April 2015 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS -
The Needs of Grief: It Takes a Family to Grieve a Loss
The loss of a family member impacts each person in the family, but it also impacts the family unit itself. I think it takes a family to grieve a loss. That... Read more
Posted on 10 April 2015 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS -
Grief and the Strengths Perspective
As I draw nearer to retirement from state service, the memories about the colleagues whose association I have valued and the patients who have crossed my path... Read more
Posted on 09 April 2015 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS -
The Questions of Grief: How Am I Suppose to Act?
When it dawned on me that I did not know anything about grief, I began to invite grieving people to join me in a discovery experience. I guess these were some o... Read more
Posted on 08 April 2015 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS -
The Importance of Transient Angels in Our Grief Journeys
The Power in Moments I believe that some people were meant to grace us with their presence for a brief moment in time… never to be heard from again. Read more
Posted on 07 April 2015 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS -
The Challenges of Grief: The Price of Pressure
Her husband died during the last year following a year long battle with cancer. Her children are already pressuring her to be over it. Read more
Posted on 06 April 2015 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS -
Pieces of Me: Incorporating the Deceased into Ourselves
My perceptions about grief and the way we deal with loss has radically changed since the death of my daughter Jeannine more than seven years ago. Read more
Posted on 03 April 2015 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS -
The Mysteries of Grief: Grief’s Bottom Line
His son died in his sleep for no known reason. He was here one moment and then he was gone. The family are devout in their faith and, as a result of the... Read more
Posted on 02 April 2015 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS -
Peace in Eight: Friends, Rituals, Time Lessen the Pain of Child-Loss
March 1st marked my daughter Jeannine’s eighth angelversary; on that date, Jeannine became forever eighteen. The last seven years have been characterized by... Read more
Posted on 01 April 2015 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS -
The Journey of Grief: The Dimensions of Grief
When I first started writing and speaking about grief, I was often asked which was the worst kind of grieving experience. My answer then was that grief only cam... Read more
Posted on 31 March 2015 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS -
Grief Poems by Mary Jane Hurley Brant
Grief Sounds by Mary Jane Hurley Brant My grief’s a whirling ceiling fan It whips me about again and again. chop chop whoosh whoosh My soul a tortured... Read more
Posted on 31 March 2015 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS -
The Challenges of Grief: When Miracles Don’t Happen
“Why didn’t the thousands of prayers offered by people from all over the country keep my husband from dying?” “Why did my son die? He was a wonderful young man... Read more
Posted on 27 March 2015 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS -
My Grief Journey Exposed in a Dream
I have had several dreams since my daughter Jeannine died in March of 2003. Through further exploration with a dear friend of mine whose passion is projective... Read more
Posted on 26 March 2015 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS -
Sharing Pain is a Gateway to Hope
After my daughter Jeannine died almost eight years ago, I examined and re-examined my existing values, beliefs and priorities. This process was made extremely... Read more
Posted on 25 March 2015 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS -
The Needs of Grief: Why Does It Help to Talk?
I am sure some people who are going through grief get tired of being told that they need to talk about it. Usually they are bombarded with “Don’t keep it... Read more
Posted on 24 March 2015 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS