Category: loss of mother
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There Is to Be No Grieving
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When my mother and grandmother died in a DC-3 crash I was 12 years old. The rule in my family was “There is to be no grieving.” Incomplete or unresolved or complicated grieving has powerful long-term effects throughout our lives. As with others who have experienced significant childhood challenges, I’m repeatedly reminded that healing is…
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Out of the Ashes – A Joyous Reunion of Grief
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A reunion of grief takes place as an Iowa farm community invites a brother and sister to join them in remembering the plane crash that killed their mother and grandmother – 55 years later.
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Pilgrimage to a DC-3 – The Voices of My Ancestors Whisper to My Granddaughter
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An unusual pilgrimage to a DC-3 to grieve a plane crash loss from many years ago when we were children.