What Does Healing Look Like?

In our continuing series on grief, we are pleased to share a piece by Dr. Antoinette Rose of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation in California. She reminds us that our grief is a necessary and beautiful thing, which helps to make us whole again.  – Editor   My...

How to Talk to Children About Death

Broaching the subject of death and dying, and dealing with grief before or after a death of someone you are close to can be a difficult and heart-wrenching experience for parents and their children. It is best to be prepared ahead of time for these situations, in...

Soaringwords – The Power to Heal

Soaringwords reaches out to ill children and their families both in person and online, providing fun, creative and educational modules based on positive psychology concepts that enhance wellbeing. The Soaringwords website contains over 1,000 pages of “best of the...

What I Learned as a Volunteer

I was blessed with a grandmother who instilled in my siblings and myself the value—and joy—of giving back. My grandmother was a “pink lady,” a volunteer at our local veterans’ hospital. As a child, I hoped to follow in her footsteps, and become a “candy striper” at...