anniversaries

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    How to Help Our Children Process Painful Memories

    Last week we talked about showing grace toward ourselves when our bodies act out in anticipation of painful anniversaries. But what about our kids? The anniversary of their grandparent’s death, or of their medical diagnosis, or of when their parents’…

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    There is Grace for Those Painful Anniversaries

    Do you have a date on your calendar that you dread every year? The anniversary of something hard or sad that creates a visceral response in you? For our family the entire month of August is hard. Our daughter started…