Archives: November 2010

Cuyahoga Arts & Culture …project support grant

November 23, 2010

Spirit Doll Hospice of the Western Reserve in Cleveland, OH has recently been awarded a Cuyahoga Arts & Culture Project Support grant of $11,274. This grant funding will support the Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Bereavement Center’s Healing Arts and Fabric & Feelings programs offered in Cuyahoga County throughout 2011. Like all bereavement center programs, Healing Arts [...]

In the midst of grief, can you feel thankful?

November 22, 2010

I do a lot of teaching and have one slide in my PowerPoint presentation that lists thankfulness as a symptom of grief and loss. When I open it up to the audience they usually comment that perhaps the bereaved is thankful that their loved one is no longer in pain or is no longer suffering. [...]

Creating a legacy through Ethical Wills

November 9, 2010

When a person dies…it’s as though a library burned down.—–African proverb Arlene Harris created her first quilt for her parent’s 57th wedding anniversary. Little did she know it would be their last. Her mother died a few months later. Her dad moved in with her sister and after a month, asked that the quilt be [...]