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We Need Not Walk Alone®

CONTENTS Summer 2003

Features

Chapter Leadership Training Program by Cathy Seehuetter
An Invaluable Experience...There is nothing that can compare with this opportunity to share ideas with other TCF leaders.

Do Bereaved Parents Have Higher Death Rates? by Bob Baugher, PhD and Jorn Olsen, M.D.
The death of a child does put parents at risk for an early death.  But the risk is clearly very small.  

How Organ Donations Affects a Parent's Grief Journey
by Marianne Lohrman
The thought of "some good coming to another through our personal tragedy" provides most donor parents with a modicum of hope and peace. 

What a Ride by Cindy Pekarick
The ticket for this ride is available only through an exclusive club.  There is one catch, however-the price for this ticket is very expensive. 

When Your Child is Murdered by Mary Rondeau Westra
Thirteen months after his death, we–his parents and his two adult sisters–sat through three weeks of trial for the defendant charged with murdering Peter. We were there every day in first-row seats, shoulder to shoulder, present and very visible when the jury entered the courtroom and remaining until they exited. We heard excruciatingly painful details, but we heard them together. 

Enduring the Unendurable by Nita Aasen
In describing their grief, many bereaved parents used words similar to these: “There was no way I could ever have imagined such pervasive and encompassing emotional pain. I never believed I could hurt this much.”

Closure: Is It a Reality? by Carole J. Dyck R.N.
In describing their grief, many bereaved parents used words similar to these: “There was no way I could ever have imagined such pervasive and encompassing emotional pain. I never believed I could hurt this much.” I agreed completely, but what exactly did it feel like? 

For Brothers & Sisters
The Day the Music Died by Daniel Yoffee
It was my reflection that Alan was telling me to enjoy the music once again.  To take pleasure in life and to do what we had enjoyed together. 

A Brother's Gift by Emily Sue Harvey
"What in the world are you doing with a shovel and a bucket?" I called to him time and time again as he disappeared over the hill.  "Just wait and see," came his inevitable reply. "It's a surprise."

Poetry

I am a Child by Kristine Pavich

Did You Know by Kathi Guthrie

Holding Hands Through the Veil by Kathi Guthrie

Departments

From the Exec's Desk: ...by Pat Loder 

Sibling Q & A: Ask Dr. Paulson

Friends, Caring and Sharing
TCF's in-house newsletter for chapter leaders and steering committee members is incorporated here. Many items will be of interest to both membership and friends of the organization.

TCF Patrons

TCF Foundation Charter Donors

TCF Foundation Legacy of Love Campaign

That  Their Light May Always Shine

Book Review
Touching The Edge by Margaret Wurtele
Reviewed by Barbara Atwood

Searching for My Estrella Maili by Gisela Castillo de Lujan
Reviewed by Norma Grove

 

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