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One of the most peaceful spots in Singapore is hidden in plain sight. On Google maps, it's listed as "Shuang Long Shan Wu Shu Ancestral Hall", but a quick search reveals it's also known as "Shuang Long Shan Cemetery", "Yin Foh Kuan Hakka Cemetery" or "Holland Close Graveyard". Meet Teo Ee Koon, who has been manning the cemetery since 1982 with his father, who passed away in 2007.

To whoever is listening to this little book, I’m so sorry for your loss. I hope our story helps you understand that our loved ones, like my big sister, are never really gone. One day, Lady Hershey softly whispered in my ear that she was not afraid to leave. She wanted for me and our favourite person, Olivia, to not be too sad. She knew that she was going to Paradise, along with all the other animals and pets who have been loved very much by their families here on earth.

Merging dreams and dailies, Pathemata recounts the narrator’s tragicomic search to alleviate her suffering, a search that eventually becomes a reckoning with various forms of loss – the loss of intimacy, the loss of her father and the loss of a pivotal friend and mentor. In exacting, distilled prose, her account blurs the lines between embodied, unconscious and everyday life.

Written by a registered nurse with over 30 years of experience taking care of terminally ill patients and helping them find comfort and peace as they near their appointed time, Pathway to Heaven Without Fear shares how death is not the final outcome, but a bridge to our new heavenly home. Author Melissa Ralph shares her real experiences in nursing and faith along with comforting scriptures to bring a better understanding of the unknown to listeners looking for a way to draw closer to God.

Cuando la trabajadora social Lisa Keefauver enviudó en 2011, le impresionó descubrir que, aunque todos sufrimos alguna vez, la mayoría de las personas no tiene los conocimientos para lidiar con el duelo. Gracias a su experiencia como terapeuta, pero también como alguien que buscaba ayuda para sobrellevar su propia pérdida, Keefauver se percató de que, muchas veces, las historias de duelo que consumimos nos llevan por el camino equivocado: uno en el que sufrimos de manera innecesaria.

Bisher ist wenig bekannt, wie wichtig die Zeit im Bauch der Mutter für das weitere Leben ist. Noch unbekannter ist, dass die Reise ins Leben oft nicht allein angetreten wird. Das Phänomen des Verlorenen Zwillings, im englischen Sprachraum "vanishing twin" genannt, betrifft aber viele Menschen, rund jeden Zehnten. Die vorgeburtlichen Erfahrungen des innigen Zusammenseins und des Verlustes des Anderen sind lebensprägend.

"Losing my mom at 38-years-old is the most crushing blow I’ve yet to endure, and writing this book has been my lifeline. While I immediately distracted myself with my duty and privilege to honor my mom by writing her obituary, and giving her eulogy, the heaviest grief took some months to take hold."

Based, in part, on Rabbi Sacks’s collection of columns in the UK's Times newspaper, Celebrating Life is a series of reflections on subjects such as morality, friendship, listening to others and giving thanks. It also talks about topics such as being a parent, finding and losing one’s faith and most of all, finding happiness. In Celebrating Life, Rabbi Sacks discovers where happiness lives, often in unexpected places, through family, community, friendship and responsibilities. He also finds it through a renewed relationship with God who spoke to his deepest needs.

Der Tod ist ein Thema, das in unserer Gesellschaft oft im Hintergrund bleibt, über das nur wenig gesprochen wird und das viele Menschen vor unangenehmen Gefühlen und Gedanken zurückschrecken lässt. Doch er ist ebenso untrennbar mit dem Leben verbunden wie die Geburt und jedes andere bedeutende Ereignis. Der Tod eines geliebten Menschen ist eine der tiefsten und transformierendsten Erfahrungen, die wir im Leben machen können. Es ist der Moment, in dem wir uns mit unserer eigenen Vergänglichkeit und der Bedeutung des Abschieds auseinandersetzen müssen.

When Erika Simpson was growing up, her mother loomed large, almost biblical in her life. A daughter of sharecroppers, middle child of ten, her origin story served as a Genesis. Her departure from home and a cheating husband, pursuing higher education along the way a kind of Exodus. Her rules for survival, often repeated like the Ten Commandments, guided Erika’s own journey into adulthood. And the most important rule? Throughout her life, Sallie Carol preached the power of a testimony—which often proved useful in talking her way out of a bind with bill collectors.

Every day, we hear about and experience griefs, large and small, in our families, friendships, communities, and worldwide. The grief of a loved one passing. The grief of a way of life ceasing to exist. The grief of global pandemic, war, climate collapse. As her mother’s dementia advances and she can no longer live independently, Tessa McWatt confronts personal and political losses, and finds herself wandering in a forest asking, how do we grieve? And what can we learn from nature and those whose communities are rooted in nature about not only how to grieve but also how to live?

In 1999, Abby Reyes lost her partner, Terence Unity Freitas, as he and two others were murdered after departing Kajka Ika—the heart of the world—of Indigenous U’wa territory in Colombia. Imperiled by multinational oil interests, U’wa lifeways were under attack. Terence, Ingrid Washinawatok El-Issa (Menominee), and Lahe’ena’e Gay (Hawaiian) arrived to listen to community needs and accompany the U’wa. But then they disappeared. Days later, their bodies were found, bound and bullet-riddled in a cow field across the border in Venezuela.

Karen by Kelsey Grammer delves into the deeply personal and tragic story of the author's sister, Karen, who was brutally murdered at the age of 18. Kelsey was just 20 years old and studying theater at Juilliard in New York when his younger sister, a recent high school graduate, moved to Colorado Springs, where she was kidnapped by several men who had intended to rob the Red Lobster where she worked. They instead kidnapped Karen, raped her repeatedly, and ultimately stabbed her to death.

The Community of Grief maps the landscape of communal mourning and provides insight, structure and inquiry to support anyone called to “hold space” for Grief. This book explores the dynamics that already exist and that are also needing to be set in motion in order to remember and reimagine collective mourning in community spaces.

Grief is one of the most profound and universal human experiences, yet it often feels isolating, overwhelming, and impossible to navigate. Whether you are mourning the loss of a loved one, the end of a relationship, or another life-altering event, the weight of grief can be all-consuming. But healing is possible, and you don’t have to face it alone. For millennia, stories have been the foundation of human understanding, helping us make sense of life’s most difficult emotions.

Affirming a pet owner's struggle with grief when his or her pet dies, this book helps mourners understand why their feelings are so strong and helps them overcome the loss. Included are practical suggestions for mourning and ideas for remembering and memorializing one's pet.

The death of a relationship through any means causes such pain and we will do anything to get over it. The question is, how? This book was inspired, not just by my work as a clinical psychologist dealing with clients who have suffered terrible heartbreaks, but by my own personal experiences and those of friends.

Losing my mother to a degenerative brain disease was a slow and agonising journey that taught me the depths of sorrow. Later, grieving my father, Captain Sir Tom, a beacon of hope during the 2020 pandemic, brought unique challenges. Balancing the world’s gratitude for his legacy with my private grief shaped the insights shared in these pages.

In this poignant memoir, Janet Maki invites listeners into her personal journal as she and her husband face one of life's greatest challenges. Together, they built an award-winning vineyard and winery in Pennsylvania and were living the life of their dreams. But when her husband receives a devastating diagnosis, their world is turned completely upside down.

Pour un chaman, la mort n'existe pas. En suivant un cycle de renaissances, l'âme accomplit son voyage sur Terre et dans l'au-delà. Avec Arnaud Riou, transformez votre perception de la mort et découvrez le sens de votre vie. Ce livre révèle une vision chamanique de la mort accessible à chacun pour : - Explorer les mystères de l'au-delà : que se passe-t-il après notre dernier souffle ? Quelles sont les différentes étapes du voyage post-mortem ? Quelles pistes pour communiquer avec les défunts ?