How “Acting As if” helped me in my recovery
A year ago, my daughter shared me an article “Self help: try positive action, not positive thinking” The self-help industry is mired in ideas about positive thinking that are at… Read more »
Category: Grief Education
The myth of closure
So if someone says to us, by word or by action, “You should be over that by now,” we can recall the words from the Talmud: “Judge no one before… Read more »
I am a mother of three children. Thank you for remembering my son.
I love the thought that my son is still alive in someone’s memory outside of my family. Today , being Mother’s day, I received a lot of greetings but this… Read more »
Holiday Blues- Sad, Lonely and Depressed
Tis the season to be jolly…fa-la-la-la-la. Right, it may be a season to be jolly for some of us but there are a few out there who experience the holiday… Read more »
After a loss, life moves on…to a new normal
A mother who lost a child often cry out over insensitive remarks. I have heard it countless of times. Consider this conversation from a mother who though a well meaning… Read more »
The Butterfly in my life
Don’t you think this is a lovely butterfly? Whenever a butterfly flutters about in the garden, I smile with the thought that Luijoe is in another life with greater beauty… Read more »
Have you had a good cry lately?
“If someone cries in front of me, I consider it a gift.” , a friend told me one Saturday afternoon. Every third Saturday of the month, I receive this gift… Read more »
The meaning of flowers
In every meeting of The Compassionate Friends, we provide positive ways for grief management. We believe that the only way to truly relieve the pain is to work through the… Read more »
Words and ways to comfort the bereaved
Don’t judge me unless you have looked through my eyes, experienced what i have, and cried as many tears as me. Until then back-off, cause you have no idea. Today… Read more »
Suicide and Mental Illness Myths in the Philippines
I started this blog so I could spread the word that the Philippines has The Compassionate Friends , a grief support group for families that have lost a child or… Read more »
Candle lighting eases pain of loss
16th Worldwide Compassionate Friends Worldwide Candle Lighting  Where: Kiosk area of the Church of the Risen Lord,  Laurel Avenue, UP Campus, QC  Map : Check this google map:http://goo.gl/maps/fXzmQ  When Date:… Read more »
Words of comfort for the bereaved
Grief is in the news once again. Once in a blue moon (hopefully not often enough), you may encounter a friend or relative reeling in pain because they lost someone…. Read more »
Healing of the Family Tree
When I was new in my grief, many well meaning friends and relatives advised me this and that. I don’t know who among them suggested the “Healing of the Family… Read more »