Another week has gone by and it is time for another installment of In Due Course. Today, I want to answer a question from Susan about getting professional help and long-term grieving. Susan wrote:
"I just found this website. How do you know if you need professional assistance to cope with your grief/guilt? Is it normal to feel guilty over the death of a child 11 years ago?"
Welcome back to In Due Course. Last week I wrote about the death of my mother, my aunt, and a friend. I want to thank all who sent me condolences; I appreciate your thoughtfulness. This week I want to answer a question that Deb sent me regarding funerals. Here is the relative portion of her comment:
"… I expect that my mother will not live much longer and we have not had a relationship for a number of years. As a result I am considering whether or not to attend the funeral. My brother refuses to even consider it and her stepchildren would consider it only if their father is still living. I’m certain her family will not understand if I don’t attend, but at the same time it is painful to pretend that there was somehow a caring relationship there which for me died a long time ago. Thank you for any insight you can give."
Today my posting for In Due Course is a wrap-up of our topic for the past seven months – bereavement, grief, and mourning. I will cover what I consider important concepts about loss and its ramifications for each of us.
Welcome back for another installment of In Due Course. For the past three weeks, I have been writing about the loss of a child. Today I will discuss a special kind of child loss – a perinatal loss (for purposes of this writing, I will consider perinatal to be pre-birth up to a couple of months old).
Welcome to another Thursday edition of In Due Course. For the past two weeks, I have been writing about the aftermath of the loss of a child. I have described the dilemmas facing parents and the guilt they typically feel after the death. Today, I will complete this overall topic by discussing the effect a child’s death can have on the relationships of the parents.
It is Thursday and time for another installment of In Due Course. Last week I began a mini-series on mourning and the death of a child. The first installment concerned the “dilemmas” faced by parents when they lose a child. Today, I will discuss the most common reaction parents have to the death of their child – guilt.
It is hard to believe that another week has passed and it is once again time for a new posting of In Due Course. For the past two weeks, I have been discussing the unique factors related to the death of a spouse/partner. Today, I want to start examining those related to the death of a child.
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