I admit that I ‘talked’ to my deceased son for weeks after his death.  I limited it to just before bed time.  It is a natural thing because when he was around, my life was built and centered around him.  There were periods in my life when I did not even need to sleep because [...]

The Star Online > Lifeliving
Monday November 6, 2006
Sharing the pain
Losing a child is a trauma that many cannot understand. Three people speak to ELIZABETH TAI about their experiences and why they think grief support in Malaysia is lacking.
IT was Labour Day, four years ago, when Lilian Chan’s seven-month-old son, Vincent, passed away.
On that day, Vincent [...]

I almost missed the article today ‘Sharing The Pain’  until my second son brought it to show me when I was giving the hubby a foot rub, just before bedtime.  So, both he and I read parts of the newspapers together.  Things seem surreal, like I am reading about somebody else. I got the 2nd [...]

I was introduced to Elisabeth Kubler-Ross’s book by Prof. Lucy Lum who was my deceased son’s final medical caregiver. She lent me a book which she bought from Amazon as there aren’t that many books available locally on coping with grief.
In fact, I have several books now, which was posted to me by parents [...]

My father died when I was about seven years old.  At that time, everything seems to happen  ‘outside’ my world and I was  just looking in.  Sometimes, a grieving parent may be too emotional over the loss of their spouse and overlook the inner fears of a small child over the loss of one of [...]