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  In Memory of Jaclyn Scarabino  From her parents Diane & Robert Scarabino and loving brothers Ricky & Michael.   As we...

It feels like it was just yesterday.  I went to the cemetery this past Saturday, the day before Easter, to plant a beautiful cross in...

My son Adam would be turning 36 years of age this month (4/26) had he not passed from an overdose at the tender age of 24 in ‘06. Back then, I...

20 years ago, I lost my older sibling, Sean. He was 25 and I was just shy of my 21st birthday. I missed out on those glory years where all...

Forever 13 by Jane Shaw “13”…It’s just a number.  To some it’s bad luck.  But to me it was always a very special number.  It was...

A Mother Left Behind By Kalia Loper After my daughter, Nayyira, lost her life in November 2012 due to an automobile accident, I was crushed....

In Memory of Ava Hecht  By Karen Gang On January 8, 2009, I began a heartbreaking lifelong journey that those reading this column...

In Memory of Jaclyn Scarabino Maybe other parents who have lost a precious child go through this too? There is a certain point before her...

"My sister will die over and over again for the rest of my life. Grief is forever. It doesn't go away; it becomes a part of you, step for step,...