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Bill Cushnie, M.Div., & retired president & owner of Strategic Solutions, a group dynamics/adult education consulting firm.
Patti Cox, Bereavement counselor and children, teen and adult grief support group facilitator.
Jill Fitzgerald, LCSW, private grief therapist and founding board member for Comfort Zone Camp.
Alisha Krukowski, National Program Coordinator for Comfort Zone Camp.
Pete Shrock, National Program Director for Comfort Zone Camp, specializes in children with life traumas.

Topic: Long Term Illness

Promises to Keep

When your parent is dying, you may find yourself in the odd position of being both child and caregiver. Guest author Cheryl Rice tells us how her mother still cared for the whole family in the end, even as they were caring for her.

It’s Okay to Cry

So many of us try to hide from our pain and put on a brave face after a loss. Guest author Catherine Greenleaf, who has lost three people to suicide, tells us why it is so vital to allow ourselves to really cry and grieve in order to heal.

Breathing For Elaine

When you learn your best friend is dying, your perspective shifts. Your priorities change. Guest Author Jan Groft tells us that in those precious final days, there is no time to take a moment or even a single breath for granted.

The Experience of Grief

During and after her mother’s battle with cancer, guest author Meghan O’Rourke found that society’s picture of grief did not fit her own experience. She shares what she learned, and what she still hopes to learn by delving into her own personal feelings of loss.

The Power of Bearing Witness

There are times in life when the highest honor, the greatest love is paid to another by simply bearing witness to his or her grief. Guest author Judith Johnson shares her experience with us.

A long, slow loss

Is it easier to lose someone quickly or slowly? Author Alisha Krukowski admits that there’s no good way to lose someone you love, and shares the many “little losses” that led up to the final loss of her mother’s death from cancer.

I Will Never Be the Same

“My Dad died from lung cancer when I was 13 years old,” that’s guest writer Danielle Taylor’s “tag line” when people ask about her dad. It sums up all the information they need… but for her, it carries a greater reality she felt when he died – that she will never be the same.

Halloween Without

Guest author Diana Doyle watches her neighborhood transform into a spooky graveyard in preparation for Halloween. Another Halloween her daughter Savannah will miss.

Unexpected Healing: A Memoir of a Father’s Death to Cancer

Growing up, guest writer Amy Lloyd and her father were not very close; actually, most of their interactions were frictional. But, during the last months of his life, as Amy and her mother served as cheerleaders and soldiers in the battle against cancer, they found a connection.

Considering Hospice Care

How does Hospice help? What does Hospice do? Odyssey/VistaCare hospice shares the stories of two patients with life limiting illnesses who turned to Hospice care.

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Topic: Long Term Illness