996 North Broad Street Globe, Arizona 85501 O: 928-425-2185 F: 520-586-6129 www.seabhssolutions.org Southeastern Arizona Behavioral Health Services Inc. Inspirational Quotes To Live By “Old Man in Sorrow” By Vincent Van Gogh Can We Learn Lessons When Grieving A Child’s Death? When a parent experiences the death of a child many have described this type of loss as the most difficult. It is naturally expected by society that our children are “supposed to” stay young, then grow into a mature adult, live a full life, and then pass on after their parents have died. Yet there have been many cases where chil- dren have died at extremely young ages and their parents and communities are left to think: That child still had their whole life ahead of them. Daina Simpson Mahon is an educator in the areas of Writing and English. Daina’s daughter Davin was killed on September 25, 2006, when she was twenty-seven- years-old, as she was riding her bicycle in California. Daina wrote “Things I’ve Learned...Since the death of my child on September 25, 2006” for the Grief Digest Magazine in December 2013. Her 8 les- sons are featured in our newsletter to hopefully help other parents in their grief. LESSON 1: I’ve learned there really is rebirth after death…emotionally, physi- cally, and spiritually for parents who are left behind when their child is absent. LESSON 2: I’ve learned Christ really does offer new life even when you feel like your soul died with your child. LESSON 3: I’ve learned no one, not even loved ones who also experienced the death of your child truly knows what you feel, are going through, nor under- stands the depth of your pain. Each has a unique grief experience an experience raised out of a unique bond with your child. Only you who bore or created your child’s life, and only you, understand the blend of suffering that that bond and cre- ation designs. Cont. Page 2 this issue Lessons When A Child Dies P.1 Self-Care Ideas For Coping P.2 Grief and Loss Q & A P.3 Inspirational Quotes P.4 ISSUE Spring 2014 01 SEABHS Grief & Transition Newsletter Issue 01 Spring 2014 Grief & Transition newsletter AZ PET LOSS SUPPORT Please find some resources below to assist AZ mem- bers with the loss of a pet. Pet Partners Scottsdale AZ www.petpartners.org Companion Animal Association of AZ Phoenix, AZ www.caaainc.org Arizona Humane Society Phoenix, AZ www.azhumane.org Hospice of the Valley Variety of AZ Sites www.hov.org The Humane Society of Southern AZ Tucson, AZ www.hssaz.org Companion Pet Clinic of AZ Gold Canyon, AZ www.goldcanyonvet.com Pet Loss Variety of AZ Sites www.pet-loss.net Arizona Animal Wellness Center Gilbert, AZ www.arizonaanimalwellne sscenter.com For additional information please visit the Association for Pet Loss & Bereavement website at http:// www.aplb.org/ or call the ASPCA National Pet Loss Hotline at 877-474-3310. Wendy Logan, MSW Grief & Loss Therapist C: 928-200-5697 [email protected]“Grief & Loss Release” By Charlie Spear “He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness.” - Alexandre Dumas “When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.” – Kahlil Gibran “The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude.” - Thornton Wilder “You will find that it is necessary to let things go; simply for the reason that they are heavy.” -Unknown “You couldn’t have strength without weakness; you couldn’t have light without dark; you couldn’t have love without loss.” – Jodi Picoult
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996 North Broad Street
Globe, Arizona 85501
O: 928-425-2185
F: 520-586-6129
www.seabhssolutions.org
S o u t h e a s t e r n A r i z o n a B e h a v i o r a l
Heal th Serv ices Inc .
Inspirational Quotes To Live By
“Old Man in Sorrow” By Vincent Van Gogh
Can We Learn Lessons When Grieving A Child’s Death?
When a parent experiences the death of
a child many have described this type of
loss as the most difficult. It is naturally
expected by society that our children are
“supposed to” stay young, then grow into
a mature adult, live a full life, and then
pass on after their parents have died. Yet
there have been many cases where chil-
dren have died at extremely young ages
and their parents and communities are
left to think: That child still had their
whole life ahead of them.
Daina Simpson Mahon is an educator in
the areas of Writing and English. Daina’s
daughter Davin was killed on September
25, 2006, when she was twenty-seven-
years-old, as she was riding her bicycle
in California. Daina wrote “Things I’ve
Learned...Since the death of my child on
September 25, 2006” for the Grief Digest
Magazine in December 2013. Her 8 les-
sons are featured in our newsletter to
hopefully help other parents in their grief.
LESSON 1: I’ve learned there really is
rebirth after death…emotionally, physi-
cally, and spiritually for parents who are
left behind when their child is absent.
LESSON 2: I’ve learned Christ really
does offer new life even when you feel
like your soul died with your child.
LESSON 3: I’ve learned no one, not
even loved ones who also experienced
the death of your child truly knows what
you feel, are going through, nor under-
stands the depth of your pain. Each has
a unique grief experience an experience
raised out of a unique bond with your
child. Only you who bore or created your
child’s life, and only you, understand the
blend of suffering that that bond and cre-
ation designs.
Cont. Page 2
this issue
Lessons When A Child Dies P.1
Self-Care Ideas For Coping P.2
Grief and Loss Q & A P.3
Inspirational Quotes P.4
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Spr ing 2014
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SEABHS Grief & Transition Newsletter Issue 01 Spring 2014