by Donna Berger | Aug 12, 2023 | Featured Grief, Uncategorized
Today I am grateful to Casting Crowns for so beautifully reflecting the story of my life in their song, Desert Road. (Please Google – Casting Crowns – Desert Road (Official Audio)) I did not choose the desert road where Gerry, Dawn, Stephen, and... by Donna Berger | Jun 3, 2023 | Featured Grief, Uncategorized
Dear Friend in Grief, Loss comes at us in so many ways: failed relationships, shattered dreams, serious illnesses, broken promises, and often the greatest of these – the loss of a beloved person in our life. All these losses come shrouded in pain and sorrow.... by Donna Berger | Feb 27, 2022 | Featured Grief, Uncategorized
I hadn’t been back ‘home’ to Connecticut in three years. But I traveled up a week ago to visit my sister, whose husband passed away recently. While I was there my son, Michael, marked another ‘heavenly birthday.’ My sister never misses a birthday or... by Donna Berger | Oct 24, 2021 | Featured Grief, Uncategorized
This week, my husband John and I were remembering back on the time after my first husband, Gerry, and our children, Dawn, Stephen, and Michael lost their lives in a fiery car crash. John related how my therapist asked him, “how does she not hate God?” When tragedies... by Donna Berger | Mar 8, 2021 | Featured Grief, Uncategorized
Last week I was asked to submit a quote for a magazine article on grief. The writer wanted me to answer the question, “when you are grieving what is the most helpful thing someone could say to or do for you?” She asked me to do it in one or two sentences! It was no...
