Commentary

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

To the Editor Depew Folks, Heads Up You pay to attend the sport events but don't really support the players/cheerleaders,. Not much cheering, helping the cheerleaders. These students try very hard for the position they're in, let them know you're there for them.

Grief Slinks Silently Back

Just when we think we are really coming to grips with our grief and learning to live fully in the world alone, that big black ugly thundercloud of grief comes rolling back into our lives with tornadolike winds of emotion.

Who Hates You?

The man lay in his hospital bed, suffering terribly. A preacher visited. “Why is this happening to me?” the man asked. The doctor had told the man that he would have died had the severe staph infection remained untreated. This was serious! Yet the preacher couldn’t answer.

The Six Great T’s

There are six fundamentals of grief recovery, which are very important to the grieving process. Most people try to avoid them not knowing that they are delaying their healing and advancement to the future.

Mouse

Mouse is gray with pink ears. Like the rabbit in Margery Williams’ book The Velvetine Rabbit, Mouse shows evidence of having been loved- - a lot. His gray fur is rumpled, his pink ears have been chewed with one almost chewed close to his head, and he is missing one black whisker.

Not Knowing Can Eat Away at You!

Ambiguous losses are shrouded in uncertainty, seem to go on forever, and show no signs of ending. They are much more prevalent than the general public realizes, and cause much confusion for would-be caregivers who try to provide support for the bereaved.

Stepping Stones

"Grief is a tidal wave that overtakes you, smashes down upon you with unimaginable force, sweeps us up into its darkness, where we tumble and crash against unidentifiable surfaces, only to be thrown out on an unknown beach, bruised, reshaped...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

To the Citizens of Bristow, At 301 E 1st and Chestnut there is a new dispensary going in, also they want to put in a grow house behind this building. Since we have 300 grow houses surrounding Bristow, I see no need in having one in the city limits of Bristow only a few blocks from downtown.