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Remembering Our Children
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Getting Through the Day
I need some simple suggestions for how to just get through the day."
Talk regularly with a friend.
Carry or wear a linking object.
Create a memory book.
Recall your dreams.
Tell people what helps you and what doesn’t.
Ask for a copy of the memorial service.
Plant something living as a memorial.
Spend time in your loved one’s space.
Journal.
Purchase something soft to sleep with.
Write the person who died.
Consider a support group.
Light a candle at mealtime.
Create a memory area at home.
Do something physical.
Structure alone time.
Listen to music.
Screen your entertainment.
Engage your soul.
Change some things.
Allow yourself to laugh, and to cry.
Read how others have responded to a loved one’s death.
Take a day off.
Invite someone to give you feedback.
Monitor signs of dependency.
Give yourself rewards.
Do something to help someone.
Search for meanings to have around the loss
(from: http://www.opn.com/willowgreen/gtips)Article contributed by Dr. Kate Eastman, Psy.D, LCSW and Dr. Elizabeth Samenfeld-Spect, MA, LCPC, LAMFTfrom The Jason Program, a pediatric palliative care program located in Maine. www.jasonprogram.org
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