By Eric Gamalinda — 2002
An excerpt from a conversation with Eric Gamalinda that took place in Ali's apartment in Brooklyn eight months before his death.
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Throughout life, we experience many instances of grief. Grief can be caused by situations, relationships, or even substance abuse.
Grief, especially when traumatic, can shut us down and disconnect us or it can shatter our hearts into a million pieces of fierce compassion in the world. One way or another, we change.
The MISS Foundation serves families who are dealing with one of life’s ultimate darkest hours: the death of a child.
Following the death of his 18-year-old daughter, Barry Kluger is campaigning for federal law to allow more time off for grieving parents.
When people are pushed into advocacy or social work as a result of a traumatic loss, part of the benefit for those affected is in keeping busy, but it’s also a way to memorialize their loved ones, explained Joanne Cacciatore, an associate research professor at Arizona State University who studies...
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A young mother nears the end of her pregnancy with the hope that this child will be as healthy as her other three children. For some reason, however, she feels a sense that something is wrong.
Joanne Cacciatore of Sedona started the nonprofit MISS Foundation in 1996 to provide counseling, advocacy, research and education services to families who have endured the death of a child.
Behind the statistics are mourners unable to find comfort by coming together.
Parents who have suffered the loss of a child are generally offered limited physical and emotional space for bereavement.
There is a care farm in Arizona where rescue animals are helping people deal with traumatic grief.