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- Memorial Stories and Poems - "In Remembrance of Private Cornelius Peter Buhler, my Uncle who Gave it All" - by Submitted on Apr 11, 2014 from Ken MatthiesI’m speaking to you today… IN REMEMBRANCE OF a man known as Private Cornelius Peter Buhler – or – (Buller)… a member of the Calgary Highlanders Regiment who was killed in action July 25, 1944 during the Allied combat offensive in France. Cornelius Buller was my uncle. As a member of his ...
Views: 1289 - Memorial Stories and Poems - "A Sister's Farewell" - by Submitted on Apr 11, 2014 from Ken MatthiesA SISTER’S FAREWELL (When Last We Said Goodbye) “You hugged and held me close, and then looked deeply into my face. I remember that look in your eyes, Sis…” I finally fell asleep last night With that image before my face, The depth of the look you gave me then Eclipsed all of Man as a ...
Views: 2167 - Memorial Stories and Poems - "At the Crossroads of Life and Death" - by Submitted on Apr 11, 2014 from Ken MatthiesFor my Aunt Helen Jantzen, at your Crossroads of Life and Death You Have ....... You have walked life’s road, lo, these many years together in body and heart; You have shared the dreams, the joys and the tears of two lives that now must part. You have been called to that test we ...
Views: 1352 - Memorial Stories and Poems - "Leading Aircraftman John Matthies" - by Submitted on Apr 11, 2014 from Ken MatthiesFor those of you who don’t know me, my name is Ken Matthies, retired Canadian Forces Northern Ranger. I’m also John’s youngest brother, come down from the Yukon Territory to love, honor and pay tribute to him in my own special way at his passing. I have a story about John to share with you ...
Views: 1297 - Introduction to the Poetic Series "Grieving the Death of a Grown Child" - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2014 from Ken Matthies“HeartSpun Talk from the Crucible of Experience”© From the life of Ken Matthies - Author, Poet, Real Life Storyteller Every single death that occurs brings loss, grief and bereavement to someone who loved or cared for that individual, and its significance never can or should be discounted ...
Views: 1138 - A Poetic Series - Grieving the Death of a Grown Child - "A Father's Hope" - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2014 from Ken Matthies“HeartSpun Talk from the Crucible of Experience”© From the life of Ken Matthies - Author, Poet, Real Life Storyteller Written a month and a half after my daughter died, the poem you'll read below was a last ditch effort to hang onto my spiritual faith before I descended in a deep spiral ...
Views: 1047 - A Poetic Series - Grieving the Death of a Grown Child - "Reality" (A Daughter's Death) - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2014 from Ken Matthies“HeartSpun Talk from the Crucible of Experience”© From the life of Ken Matthies - Author, Poet, Real Life Storyteller This was a poem written in trembling anticipation of the second anniversary of her death due to arrive in its full force and fury the following day – a harsh truth about ...
Views: 1095 - A Poetic Series - Grieving the Death of a Grown Child - "Anniversary Memories" - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2014 from Ken Matthies“HeartSpun Talk from the Crucible of Experience”© From the life of Ken Matthies - Author, Poet, Real Life Storyteller This was a poem written in still dreaded anticipation of the third anniversary of her death due to arrive once again on the following day. It would in fact turn out to be a ...
Views: 1143 - A Poetic Series - Grieving the Death of a Grown Child - "I Choose It Now" - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2014 from Ken Matthies“HeartSpun Talk from the Crucible of Experience”© From the life of Ken Matthies - Author, Poet, Real Life Storyteller This was my poem of decision – written in the realization that it was finally time for the ‘rubber to hit the road’ of my future life in a meaningful way despite the fact ...
Views: 1110 - Stories of the Grieving Process After a Child Dies - “How Memorial Symbols Can Help You Heal from Grief” - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2014 from Ken Matthies“HeartSpun Talk from the Crucible of Experience”© From the life of Ken Matthies - Author, Poet, Real Life Storyteller In the early days of grief amid the numbness and shock of loss the thought of memorial symbols is not yet a part of your grieving or healing process. But there comes a ...
Views: 1093 - Stories of the Grieving Process After a Child Dies - “Anniversary Day Tremors of Change” - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2014 from Ken Matthies“HeartSpun Talk from the Crucible of Experience”© From the life of Ken Matthies - Author, Poet, Real Life Storyteller One thing that seems certain about healing from grief as time passes is that it’s a process of change for those of us living in it. How the earthquakes of pain we feel in ...
Views: 1104 - Stories of the Grieving Process After a Child Dies - “Finding a Grief Buddy” (and the Tail Rotor of a Bell 206 Helicopter) - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2014 from Ken Matthies“HeartSpun Talk from the Crucible of Experience”© From the life of Ken Matthies - Author, Poet, Real Life Storyteller I’ll understand if you’re wondering what a grief buddy* could possibly have to do with the tail rotor of a Bell 206 helicopter…or what lesson of healing value could be ...
Views: 998 - Stories of the Grieving Process After a Child Dies - “A Mother’s Gratitude” - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2014 from Ken Matthies“HeartSpun Talk from the Crucible of Experience”© From the life of Ken Matthies - Author, Poet, Real Life Storyteller ‘A Mother’s Gratitude’ tells you a brief story of the grieving process from a mother’s perspective – and serves as an example of acceptance and hope for all of you readers ...
Views: 1185 - Stories of the Grieving Process After a Child Dies - “Out of the Mouths of Babes” - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2014 from Ken Matthies“HeartSpun Talk from the Crucible of Experience”© From the life of Ken Matthies - Author, Poet, Real Life Storyteller My granddaughter turned ten years old the other day, and it was as I was calling her to wish her happy birthday that I realized she was already twice as old as the day her ...
Views: 1024 - Stories of the Grieving Process After a Child Dies - “Keeping the Vision Alive in your Heart and Mind” - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2014 from Ken Matthies“HeartSpun Talk from the Crucible of Experience”© From the life of Ken Matthies - Author, Poet, Real Life Storyteller What are you doing to keep the vision alive in your own heart and mind of the loved one you lost? Finding a way to do so is a vitally important part of dealing with your ...
Views: 984 - Stories of the Grieving Process After a Child Dies - “Go Rest High on that Mountain” - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2014 from Ken Matthies“HeartSpun Talk from the Crucible of Experience”© From the life of Ken Matthies - Author, Poet, Real Life Storyteller When I walked into the funeral parlor prior to my daughter’s funeral for a private family viewing time, the powerful music and words of Vince Gill’s song “Go Rest High on ...
Views: 1146 - Stories of the Grieving Process After a Child Dies - “Road Construction Next ___ Kilometers” - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2014 from Ken Matthies“HeartSpun Talk from the Crucible of Experience”© From the life of Ken Matthies - Author, Poet, Real Life Storyteller You’ve probably seen this sort of example a thousand times before in your life and never had cause to think twice about it on any of those occasions. Returning home one ...
Views: 1002 - The Marker Stones of Grief – How Long Should it Last? - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2014 from Ken Matthies“HeartSpun Talk from the Crucible of Experience”© From the life of Ken Matthies - Author, Poet, Real Life Storyteller Every single person experiencing the pain of grief would like to know that there’s a hard and fast rule that can tell you when you can expect the pain to go away so your ...
Views: 1049 - Marker Stones Part I - Avoidance - ‘Walking the Edges’ - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2014 from Ken Matthies“HeartSpun Talk from the Crucible of Experience”© From the life of Ken Matthies - Author, Poet, Real Life Storyteller Every single journey of loss, grief and bereavement is individual and different for each person experiencing it. There can be no hard and fast rules saying that it’s the ...
Views: 1011 - Marker Stones Part II - Confrontation - ‘Entering the Depths’ - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2014 from Ken Matthies“HeartSpun Talk from the Crucible of Experience”© From the life of Ken Matthies - Author, Poet, Real Life Storyteller It’s in this second of the grief cycles that the waters of emotion get deeper and run heavy with the hidden currents of your pain – but again there are marker stones within ...
Views: 1005 - Marker Stones Part III - Integration - ‘Mending the Heart’ - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2014 from Ken Matthies“HeartSpun Talk from the Crucible of Experience”© From the life of Ken Matthies - Author, Poet, Real Life Storyteller The third cycle of grief is where the good news of your healing journey finally begins to outweigh the bad news and feelings from your experience of loss, grief and ...
Views: 1040 - Now That You Know About the Marker Stones, What’s Helping You Heal Today? - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2014 from Ken Matthies“HeartSpun Talk from the Crucible of Experience”© From the life of Ken Matthies - Author, Poet, Real Life Storyteller The journey of your healing from loss, grief and bereavement will continue for you through a lifetime of learning – and from my own experience of having gone through it ...
Views: 1038 - Grieving Advice Tips - “The Importance of Listening to those in Grief” - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2014 from Ken Matthies“HeartSpun Talk from the Crucible of Experience”© From the life of Ken Matthies - Author, Poet, Real Life Storyteller On a recent visit to the beauty of Southeast Alaska I was privileged to encounter an Elder of the Tlingit peoples who live there. He had recently lost his wife after many ...
Views: 1137 - Grieving Advice Tips - “The Healing Touch of Friends and Strangers” - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2014 from Ken Matthies“HeartSpun Talk from the Crucible of Experience”© From the life of Ken Matthies - Author, Poet, Real Life Storyteller How often during the course of your grieving days and months has something like this happened to you and helped you in your healing just by its happening? You’re in a ...
Views: 1208 - Grieving Advice Tips - “The Powerful Role of the Spiritual in Healing from Grief” - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2014 from Ken Matthies“HeartSpun Talk from the Crucible of Experience”© From the life of Ken Matthies - Author, Poet, Real Life Storyteller For many people dealing with issues of loss, grief and bereavement there’s also a spiritual aspect which can play a powerful role in their healing and recovery. Within ...
Views: 1070 - Grieving Advice Tips - “Let Your Little Light Shine” - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2014 from Ken Matthies“HeartSpun Talk from the Crucible of Experience”© From the life of Ken Matthies - Author, Poet, Real Life Storyteller “This little light of mine…I’m gonna let it shine…” So go the words of a Sunday school song of ancient memory as I sit down to write this story – and in them I’m finding a ...
Views: 1111 - Grieving Advice Tips - “The Floodwaters of Grieving” - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2014 from Ken Matthies“HeartSpun Talk from the Crucible of Experience”© From the life of Ken Matthies - Author, Poet, Real Life Storyteller How often in the midst of your loss, grief and bereavement have you found yourself feeling as though you were about to drown in sorrow, not knowing what direction to reach ...
Views: 1090 - Grieving Advice Tips - “Golden Moments of a Long Term Dying” - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2014 from Ken Matthies“HeartSpun Talk from the Crucible of Experience”© From the life of Ken Matthies - Author, Poet, Real Life Storyteller How could anyone think it possible to find ‘golden moments’ in a loved one’s long term dying? There are many among you out there in the world that are grieving from the ...
Views: 1249 - Grieving Advice Tips - “Mixed-Status Families and their Grief” - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2014 from Ken Matthies“HeartSpun Talk from the Crucible of Experience”© From the life of Ken Matthies - Author, Poet, Real Life Storyteller In today’s world of rapid change on all fronts the integrity of family units has not been exempt from the effects of those changes. This has resulted in ever greater ...
Views: 1119 - Grieving Advice Tips - When Death Hurts, an Uplifting Perspective - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2014 from Ken Matthies“HeartSpun Talk from the Crucible of Experience”© From the life of Ken Matthies - Author, Poet, Real Life Storyteller My wife came home from the office last week with a discovery from among her filing which has brought me much comfort as the still healing father, son, brother and friend ...
Views: 1065 - #10 - Your Story – Telling It Your Way - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2014 from Ken MatthiesSTAGES OF GRIEF HEALING Article Series “HeartSpun Talk from the Crucible of Experience”© From the life of Ken Matthies - Author, Poet, Real Life Storyteller Welcome to the tenth and final in this series of ten special articles of homespun real-life talk about your grieving ...
Views: 949 - #9 - Knowing The Truth In Your Own Heart - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2014 from Ken MatthiesSTAGES OF GRIEF HEALING Article Series “HeartSpun Talk from the Crucible of Experience”© From the life of Ken Matthies - Author, Poet, Real Life Storyteller Welcome back to the ninth in a series of ten special articles of homespun real-life talk about your grieving process. Today I’d ...
Views: 1230 - #8 - Hearing Their Words Of Joy - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2014 from Ken MatthiesSTAGES OF GRIEF HEALING Article Series “HeartSpun Talk from the Crucible of Experience”© From the life of Ken Matthies - Author, Poet, Real-Life Storyteller Welcome back to the eighth in a series of ten special articles of homespun real-life talk about your grieving process. Today’s ...
Views: 1126 - #7 - Feeling The Touch Of Their Spirit - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2014 from Ken MatthiesSTAGES OF GRIEF HEALING Article Series “HeartSpun Talk from the Crucible of Experience”© From the life of Ken Matthies - Author, Poet, Real-Life Storyteller Welcome back to the seventh in a series of ten special articles of homespun real-life talk about your grieving process. Today’s ...
Views: 1057 - #6 - Talking To Your Lost Loved One - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2014 from Ken MatthiesSTAGES OF GRIEF HEALING Article Series “HeartSpun Talk from the Crucible of Experience”© From the life of Ken Matthies - Author, Poet, Real Life Storyteller Welcome back to the sixth in a series of ten special articles of homespun real-life talk, about what has by now become the issue ...
Views: 1203 - #5 - Finding The ‘Light’ Of Your Love And Memories - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2014 from Ken MatthiesSTAGES OF GRIEF HEALING Article Series “HeartSpun Talk from the Crucible of Experience”© From the life of Ken Matthies - Author, Poet, Real Life Storyteller Welcome back to the fifth in a series of ten special articles of homespun real-life talk about the issues surrounding ...
Views: 1086 - #4 - Stretching Yourself To Believe (Again) - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2014 from Ken MatthiesSTAGES OF GRIEF HEALING Article Series “HeartSpun Talk from the Crucible of Experience”© From the life of Ken Matthies - Author, Poet, Real Life Storyteller Welcome back to the fourth in a series of ten special articles of homespun real-life talk about grief; this time about how to ...
Views: 1019 - #3 - Letting Go Of The Pain And Torment - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2014 from Ken MatthiesSTAGES OF GRIEF HEALING Article Series “HeartSpun Talk from the Crucible of Experience”© From the life of Ken Matthies - Author, Poet, Real Life Storyteller Welcome back to the third in a series of ten special articles of homespun real-life talk about grief – and how you can begin to ...
Views: 1038 - # 2 - Stepping Out Of The Shadows Of Grief - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2014 from Ken MatthiesTHE STAGES OF GRIEF HEALING Article Series “HeartSpun Talk from the Crucible of Experience”© From the life of Ken Matthies - Author, Poet, Real Life Storyteller Welcome back to the second in a series of ten special articles of homespun real-life talk about the grief still gripping your ...
Views: 1227 - #1 - Connections That Help You Heal - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2014 from Ken MatthiesTHE STAGES OF GRIEF HEALING Article Series “HeartSpun Talk from the Crucible of Experience”© From the life of Ken Matthies - Author, Poet, Real Life Storyteller If you’re reading this article I’ve got good reason to believe parts of you are still flaming with the pain of your own loss. ...
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