As a grieving parent, I’m not sure I can fully understand the grief of losing a sibling. But I have some observations to share: Children often suppress their grief in an attempt to protect their parents from the sadness of losing a child. As a society, we often try...
After losing my son Eric, my greatest challenge was to overcome the question of “what could I have done differently”. These feelings would plummet me into endless cycles of guilt, regret, and self-blame. At EricsHouse, we use the analogy of a coin – love on one...
Dealing with grief is challenging but inevitable at some point in your life. Grieving can last for years, weeks, months, or years; everyone’s grief is different. The Recovery Village notes that grief can frequently cause sufferers to meet the criteria for major...
March 19, 2016. Eric died three weeks ago. His funeral was two weeks ago. We have to get out of the house, too many memories, too much pain. But where can we go? Ahh, the cabin – our escape and our refuge. Asylum. I think I drove. Someone had to have driven,...
As the 2022 year comes to an end, donors should consider how they can efficiently maximize their charitable donations for income tax purposes. EricsHouse is a qualifying 501(c)(3) charity to which donations qualify for a charitable deduction. However, claiming...
We were discussing Touchstone 1 (Open to the Presence of Your Loss) in our Men’s Group last week and it opened some questions for me. First, what is a touchstone? Though I’ve read Dr Wolfelt’s writings on the 10 Touchstones for Healing in Grief, I guess I always...
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