Tag Archives: death

Living After A Child Dies

Posted on January 10, 2016 by Greet Grief

Life is risky. It isn’t fair. No one is safe and no one is ever given a card marked, “nothing bad will ever happen to me.” Continue reading →

Posted in Bereavement, death, Grief, grieving, Loss of a child, Parenting, Uncategorized | Tagged addiction, cancer, child, death, grief, grieving, hero, Loss, mother, parents | 4 Comments

Looking Death in the Face – The Story of a Naïve Nurse

Posted on October 8, 2015 by Greet Grief

I draw the shortest straw among the three night nurses on my unit. Despite that I have less than six-months on the job, I’m the one floating to another floor (going to a different unit that you aren’t usually assigned … Continue reading →

Posted in caregiving, death, Grief, grief at work, growth, Lessons from others, My story | Tagged Arkansas Times, cemetary, David Koon, death, disease, dying, HIV-AIDS, homophobia, hospital, Nurse, race, Religion, Ruth Coker Burks, sexual orientation, treatment | 6 Comments

Forever Young – Grieving the Passage of Time

Posted on August 16, 2015 by Greet Grief

I see the picture of the three of us. Framed in silver, it sits on the marble-top console table that had been my grandmother’s. I mention the picture when it catches my eye as I sit in my mother’s living … Continue reading →