What makes a friend, good friend, long-time friend, once best friend abandon grievers? Is it that they don't know what to say? Is it too scary for him or her to face their own or a loved one's mortality? I would love to hear your thoughts. Having experienced it myself when my son died, and hearing about it from countless grieving widows, widowers, siblings and parents -- what creates this abandonment at the worst possible time in a person's life? Yes, when support is needed

If you google "Young Widows" or "Young Widows and Widowers" all you get are dating sites. I was stunned. As if the main point is to replace the person who died. From my clients, I know for a fact that replacing a beloved spouse is the furthest thing from the minds of grievers no matter his or her age. Young widows are a sub-category of grievers. Not to sound so clinical about it., but age does make a difference in the way young widows are treated. People tend to say things s

When your loved one crosses over the rainbow bridge it hurts. Holidays are rough for the first few years. I think birthdays are painful forever. You always have the compulsion to add another year of "what ifs?" and "if only (s)." My son's birthday is coming up in a few days and even though he has been out of his physical body four times longer than he was with me, another birthday without him still causes my heart to ache. Cory's cousin just crossed over the rainbow bridge