The Light Beyond

Dance of the Seven Headed Mouse

2009-07-13T02:36:30-07:00

Come see what John Simon from Bloomberg News is calling “Genuinely Touching” A show Back Stage raves, “Four strong performances and topflight production values!” and TalkinBroadway calls “Powerful.” The fault lines are exposed when a seemingly picture-perfect Fifth Avenue family faces the harshest of realities – the death of their daughter. A father turns to work to drown his sorrow, while his wife drifts into a haze of pills and booze. When their surviving child...

Take part in an online study on coping with traumatic experiences

2009-07-09T08:03:37-07:00

The University of Amsterdam is conducting an online study on the process of coping with traumatic experiences. The loss of a child can be an extremely difficult experience to cope with. We hope to find the most effective ways of helping people who have had such experiences in their life. If you have lost a child, or have had any other traumatic experience, we would like to ask you to participate in this study. The...

Reflecting On the Loss of a Child 7 Years Later

2009-06-18T06:10:00-07:00

As the seven year anniversary of my second son’s birth approaches I look back on it with bittersweet memories. Lukas Kevin was born on June 18, 2002 and he passed away sixteen days later on July 4th. He was born perfect and healthy. During my five days at the hospital he had contracted viral meningitis but didn’t show symptoms until the day after we were released from the hospital. We rushed him to a children’s...

Linda's story: the tragedy of stillbirth

2009-06-03T22:50:27-07:00

hi my name is linda i am 31 yrs old i fell pregnant for the first time with a person i love dearly. all through the pregnancy everything went fine the baby was healthy good heart beat and all i was due on may 30 2009 which is not too long ago i lost a beautiful little baby boy who went by the name of nathan william smith cassidy i was at 39 weeks of...

Laughter heals…Don’t Give Up!

2009-05-04T06:07:38-07:00

I wanted to draw the attention of readers to Christa's excellent site www.giggleon.com. She has also written a great article about way to remember your lost loved ones: Have you lost a loved one? What action have you taken to honor their memory and their life? How do you keep the love you shared with them alive? Whether your loved one died of natural causes, disease or even by suicide, survivors, mourners and the grief...