Monthly Archives: June 2018

Source: Flag Day: Honor Our National Symbol

When a doctor reveals a terminal diagnosis to a patient — that process is as delicate a procedure as any surgery, with potentially serious consequences if things go wrong. If the patient doesn’t understand their prognosis, for example, they could … Continue reading →

A lack of affordable housing makes homelessness especially pervasive and visible on the West Coast. Source: Why there are so many unsheltered homeless people on the West Coast

Funeral directors need to remember clients pick up on the smallest details. Unfortunately, this grief-stricken family misinterpreted a caring gesture. Source: Sincere Emotions Misinterpreted From Fake Flower | A Good Goodbye ~ Funeral Planning for Those Who Don’t Plan to … Continue reading →

About a half-million Medicare Part D recipients “received high amounts of opioids” in 2016. Almost 20 percent of that group are at “serious risk of opioid misuse or overdose.” Source: Unseen face of the opioid epidemic: drug abuse among the … Continue reading →

Source: Grief Healing: Coping with Grief on Father’s Day: Selected Resources

I don’t think I could be a columnist, putting out a column every day, I just don’t have that tenacity.… Source: The Care Giver Responds to Memory – Just A Guy Muddling Through

Though your life is forever changed, you can learn to adapt, experts say. Source: Coping After a Loved One Commits Suicide

Many of us have un-saids with loved ones who have died. I hope, as you grow through your own grief, you too will grow in forgiveness. Happy Fathers Day. Source: Growing Through Grief: A Fathers Day Story | Debbie Augenthaler