Stories About Loss & Grieving
Caregiver for Mom
Even though she is the president of Beyond Indigo, a website for people who are dealing with grief, loss and caregiving issues, Kelly Baltzell admits that no one is ever fully prepared for difficulties within one’s family. When her mother Karin awakened one morning shortly before Christmas, she discovered that she couldn’t walk. “She had [...]
An Otherwise Gray Day
Mary Olson (names changed) had a mild heart attack over the weekend, so her grown children and her sisters all arrived within hours at the local hospital, except for her daughter, Lisa. “Since Mom was expected to recover completely, I decided to wait until she was ready to leave, then drive down and help settle [...]
A Last Goodbye
Bill and his two sisters, Amy and Pat, were keeping vigil in Intensive Care at their dying father’s bedside. Bill went home to rest, and fell, exhausted, onto the couch. Suddenly, incredibly, his father stood in front of him–not the emaciated patient Bill had just left, but the virile man he remembered from his childhood. [...]
