Tag Archives: bereavement

ONE WOMAN’S GRIEF TO HARMONY

Posted on January 26, 2025 by Judy

I was honored recently to be featured in a local newspaper article. I performed at a Compassionate Friends candle lighting ceremony and had no idea it would lead to this beautiful write up by a lovely journalist. Continue reading →

Tagged acoustic guitar, bereavement, Beside Me Always, Candle lighting ceremony, compassionate friends, coping with grief, grief, healing, healing music, hope, hope of healing, Insight Timer, loss of a child, meditation music, original songs, singer songwriter | 17 Comments

I FEEL YOUR LOVE

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Judy

She’s gone . . . I kept wondering where she was; death was such a mystery for me. Continue reading →

Tagged acoustic guitar, bereavement, Beside Me Always, blogging friends, expressing feelings, facing death, friend's death, GRIEF RELATED, healing, healing music, inspirational, losing a friend, loss, overcoming grief, passionate songwriter, Sandra Blake Callahan, songwriting, terminal illness | 13 Comments

TO FACE WHAT THE FUTURE BRINGS

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Judy

I had looked for this folder before, but never found it. I did have a few, old Compassionate Friends newsletters which I had scanned for earlier posts. I glanced quickly at the pages; some were folded and others were written in pencil and marked over. There were photocopies and poems I recognized from a long time ago.
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Posted in Grief Educational | Tagged bereavement, compassionate friends, death, death of a child, grief, grief bereavement "Loss of a Child", grief poems, grief poetry, GRIEF RELATED, Helen Steiner Rice, loss, loss poems, mourning, Poetry | Leave a comment

GRIEF POETRY

Posted on March 21, 2010 by Judy

Thank god, he never really suffered. We prepared him for everything except death. Our pain is so great because we’ll never know what he could have become and we’ll miss him so much. We’re afraid he would have suffered had he lived, and because he didn’t we are relieved. He lived five perfect years and he was so happy. We’ll all miss his intelligence, his jokes, and his profound insight. Continue reading →