Posted September 17th, 2010 by diane in category
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How many things do you still want to accomplish in your lifetime? Do you make goal lists? Dream lists? Things to do lists? If you do, then you're very much like me.
I look across the table at my stack of old journals. A rainbow of faint colors looks back at me. Within these faded covers, pages and pages of thoughts and feelings rest
Posted September 14th, 2010 by diane in category
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Poem by Diane Isaacs, daughter of Leah Fonstein
You gave me life, nurtured me as a child, soothed away the pain, sorrow and tears as best you knew how.
Thank you for my lifetime treasure, such as the gift of becoming a pianist,going to a private place where I can go in peace, and sit and play in a dimly lit room, being moved by the
Posted March 5th, 2010 by diane in category
Grief,
Trauma
A Grief book written by Dr. Diane R. Isaacs, Ph.D
Allegorically written through the eyes of two dogs, and sold all over Asia and United States
Grieving is over when it is over. Everyone takes their own time to go from the person they were with (the loved one they have lost in their lives), to the individuals they are going to be when they
Posted February 10th, 2010 by diane in category
Grief
Personal grief such as the loss of a spouse, child, friend, loved one is similar to the losses suffered by masses of people. The main difference is the gravity of the situation which almost always includes post traumatic stress disorders. Haiti has presented its own unique problems that all society must deal with when a large