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The shock of grief following the Columbia Space Shuttle tragedy - February 1, 2003.

12 Self-help Suggestions For Coping With Trauma Or Loss
Tips to help you cope with the aftermath of the Columbia Space Shuttle Tragedy.

America Says Good-Bye Again
As yet another tragedy strikes in the heart of America, many of us are too numb to react. Our country has taken so many "hits" in the last few years that it leaves one questioning the innocence we used to possess. How can we watch our television screens with images of the Columbia spiraling out of control and not feel a sense of despair?

Clichés to be avoided and statements that may help
Examples of clichés that can be hurtful to a grieving person, and verbal and non-verbal statements that bereaved persons find helpful.

Coping with Your Reactions to Trauma or Loss
We all cope with trauma and loss in our own, individual ways. There are no rules or right or wrong ways to react.

Grieving in Silence
In Western society, particularly in the mental health culture, one is expected to talk about what pains him/her... talking is important in attempting to understand another person, but silence should receive the same importance.

Helping Your Children Deal with the Columbia Tragedy
Children are sponges absorbing information even when it seems like they aren't paying any attention. Weather children are old enough or not to understand what has happened they will still feel and react to your swirling emotions.

Ilan Ramon, The Son Of A Holocaust Survivor And An Israeli Hero
Ilan Ramon represented to the people of Israel how far they have come in two generations. Ramon was a hero symbolizing the strength of a people. A people who that n two generations went from the horrors of the Nazi gas chambers to the perpetual heights of space.

No Time To Say “Good Bye?” 
We continue to interact with our children now in a symbolic, but nevertheless not less powerful, manner as we did when they were alive in the physical world.

Sorrow and Closure
Is saying a ceremonious "good-bye" an act of closure? Is there really anything as closure in grief?

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