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Ways To Help You Deal with the Connecticut Shootings
By
Linda Mintle
I’m sure we all feel somewhat traumatized and emotionally exhausted from the events that took place on December 14, 2012 at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown Connecticut. Our hearts go out to parents and loved ones who will begin to bury their children and friends due to those unthinkable events. Most of us are…
Coping With the Sudden Death of a Child
By
Linda Mintle
The death of a child is one of the most difficult life events: Children are supposed to outlive their parents. The painful loss of a child by sudden death is not something any parent ever wants to experience. It’s out of sequence and interrupts the normal family life cycle. Children are supposed to outlive their…
The Duggar’s Miscarriage: A Model of Grieving
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Linda Mintle
For those of you who may not know who the Duggars are, they are the family who currently has 19 children, all by natural birth, and have their own reality TV show on TLC, 19 Kids and Counting. Recently, the mom, Michelle miscarried. The way they handled the miscarriage was considered “controversial” by some reporters. …
Could You Give Away the Family Pet?
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Linda Mintle
I was sitting in church not too long ago when a guest speaker was talking about his family’s decision to give away their two small eight-year-old dogs. I could hardly listen to the story and the somewhat buried spiritual point because I couldn’t wrap my brain around giving away our family pet. When Teddy, our…
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