During most people’s lives at least one person close to them will die. in 2002, 530,967 people died in England and Wales from natural causes, suicide, or accidentally, this makes it surprising that most people know so little about the normal grieving process.

The family gamble is when a family makes a decision if there is actually a loss of a family member. An example of family gamble is making decisions to become emotional ready to part ways with a comatose family member. Is there a chance of recovery? If there is a recovery, what can of quality of life is he or she going to have? Should I make funeral plans (Boss 1999)?

The family gamble is when a family makes a decision if there is actually a loss of a family member. An example of family gamble is making decisions to become emotional ready to part ways with a comatose family member. Is there a chance of recovery? If there is a recovery, what can of quality of life is he or she going to have? Should I make funeral plans (Boss 1999)?
A researcher describes a father who came down with Alzheimer’s disease at forty years of age. His youngest son was certain that he would contract Alzheimer’s disease at an earlier age too. Thoughts of what kind of life he would have, or the life his own family would have if he chose to marry and have children (Boss 1999). The compromise he has to think about is almost impossible to fathom. Should he take the family gamble and realize that there is nothing that he can do to change his father’s situation? Should he grieve now and continue to live out his life that it may be cut short too?

A view on how to endure misery and suffering. Some points to see how vulnerable people are.

I literally wrote this for my dad at his funeral on my computer, after a couple of years he had finally succumbed to cancer. He was my stepfather, but the only one I knew as a child.

In life as in his death Michael Jackson has had to endure the slings and arrows of the assassins of fame. Now his children are thrust into the burning rays of the spotlight as the world watches in awe and horror while these young offspring suffer from the humiliation, unwanted attention and constant surveillance of a media starved for anything lingering from the once King of Pop.

An essay based on my experience at a cemetery.

This article looks at the problems and pain created when a long relationship ends. It also discusses how to heal from this experience.

I found the internet to be a useful tool in dealing with my grief after losing my Aunt to kidney disease and wanted to help others. A helpful list of ideas to celebrate their LIFE.

As we all know, there are people in life we enjoy being around, who make us feel good about ourselves, and often go out of their way for our benefit; and that we do not enjoy being around and who always seem to find a way to ‘bring us down.’ This article will discuss the four types of people involved in social interactions, as defined by some presentations I’ve attended, as well as how best to deal with those that do not have positive effects in your life.