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Hope For Heavy Hearts During Holidays
The holidays are here. Normally, they are a time for family fun and celebration but when someone you loved has died, the season may be painful and lonely.
When grieving ,we can feel completely overwhelmed with sadness. We ...
Votives for Remembrance
The holidays are a particularly difficult time for many families who are yearning for their loved ones, no matter how long they have been gone.
My grandmother, Georgiana, out-lived my grandfather, Arsene, by 25 years. Not ...
Celebrating My Deceased Daughter’s Birthday
Today would have been my elder daughter’s birthday. She was born on Thanksgiving Day decades ago. The hospital staff was preparing a turkey dinner for the new mothers, and I was very aware of the tantalizing ...
Husband’s Death Surprises Wife with its Power
I expected to have this “grieving thing” wrapped up within a year. The way I saw it, I was 47 and probably had less years ahead of me than behind. I was willing to grieve ...
Don’t Stop Others From Crying
I often use visualisation when working with my clients. I talk with them about the feelings that they are holding in, feel unable to share, or in some cases feel pressure either spoken or unspoken ...
Child’s Insight Offers Meaning — and a Laugh — on Thanksgiving
The smell of turkey and stuffing was in the air, there was noise from kid’s playing and dishes being prepared in the kitchen. It was our first Thanksgiving since my son Lucas’s death in July. ...
Thanksgiving is for the Bereaved
I have a hard time believing it is the season of holidays again. While this year should be easier since it will be our fifth Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s without our son Daniel, I ...
Creating Web Community Helped Her Deal With the Loss
I was my parents’ principal caregiver for ten years. I have first-hand experience in helping aging parents, dealing with family dynamics and working with public and private organizations. My father died of cancer in 2005 ...
Thanksgiving: Finding Hope for the Holidays
Guest: Bonnie Carroll
Bonnie Carroll Director of TAPS, the national Veterans Service Organization providing resources to those affected by the death of a loved one serving in the armed forces. Ms. Carroll founded TAPS following the ...
Easing Your Loss During the Holiday Season
Sometimes loss is so devastating it sends you into a seemingly never-ending downward spiral. Do you often find yourself descending into darkness rather than looking for the positive ray of sunshine present in every situation?
Try ...
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About Us
Welcome to the Open to Hope Foundation Legacy Connect Page. We are an online resource center for people who have experienced loss. Our vision is that all people who experience loss will be able to learn to live with their grief, cope with their pain, and invest in their future. It is our goal to provide information and resources for people who have experienced loss, provide a forum where people who have experienced loss can learn from and help each other, and provide educational grants and networking support for those whose studies are focused on improving the care of people who grieve.
Open to Hope Foundation Definition
The Open to Hope Foundation is an online resource center for people who have experienced loss.
Open to Hope Foundation Vision Statement
All people who experience loss will be able to learn to live with their grief, cope with their pain, and invest in their future.
Open to Hope Foundation Mission Statement
To provide information and resources for people who have experienced loss, provide a forum where people who have experienced loss can learn from and help each other, and provide educational grants and networking support for those whose studies are focused on improving the care of people who grieve.
Open to Hope Foundation Definition
The Open to Hope Foundation is an online resource center for people who have experienced loss.
Open to Hope Foundation Vision Statement
All people who experience loss will be able to learn to live with their grief, cope with their pain, and invest in their future.
Open to Hope Foundation Mission Statement
To provide information and resources for people who have experienced loss, provide a forum where people who have experienced loss can learn from and help each other, and provide educational grants and networking support for those whose studies are focused on improving the care of people who grieve.
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