4 New Year's Resolutions for Grievers

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2018 to share your thoughts with friends and following activities to reduce feelings of stress 4 New Year’s family. If a loved one of yours had a personal and anxiety: connection to the deceased, they too may be • Take a cooking class. Resolutions for experiencing similar grief. • Knit a scarf. • Join the local yoga Grievers Rely on one another for support. With time, • Garden (indoors or outdoors). feelings of depression, anger, guilt, regret and • Learn a musical instrument. For many of us, the new year means a fresh loneliness will fade. • Read a book. start. It’s an opportunity to let go of the past • Journal your thoughts and feelings. and look forward to the future. 2. Plan Opportunities for • Volunteer at the local soup kitchen. Remembrance • Complete a puzzle. However, welcoming the new year can be Make it a resolution this year to make time to a difficult experience for those who have remember your loved one. These activities not only assist in coping recently lost a loved one. And while it may A great way to remember your loved one is with grief, but also promote self-awareness, be easy to close yourself off from others, it’s by finding opportunities to honor them. Is reflection and relaxation. important to seek comfort in those closest there something they particularly loved to do? to you. Perhaps there’s a charity they volunteered at, 4. Take Time for Yourself or a family tradition that makes you think of In the months following the loss of a loved Below, we outline a number of New Year’s him or her. one, it’s important to remember the grieving resolutions for grievers on their journey process has no set timeline. The stages of to healing. You can look back on all the fond memories grief are natural and often unpredictable, you have with your loved one, and honor their which is why it’s important to do what feels 1. Be Open to Happiness legacy for many years to come. After all, the best to you. Attempting to face joy after the death of a best way to honor your loved one is to live loved one is complicated. While one day you your life to the fullest. Take time to rest and prioritize your needs. may feel happy, other days you may feel sad. Practice self-care by drinking plenty of Remember, no two people grieve the same, so 3. Try a New Activity water, eating balanced meals, exercising and no matter how long it’s been since your loss, While it may be intimidating at first, trying socializing with friends and family. As you set you may still feel emotional moving into a new things can open your eyes to unexplored out to write your New Year’s resolutions, use new year. passions and possibilities. Plus, picking up this list as a guide in your journey towards a new hobby in the new year may help you healing. As the new year rolls in, allow yourself to focus less on your grief and more on your embrace the stages of grief as they come newfound interest. To learn more about how Busch Funeral rather than avoiding them. Gently pay Homes can help you through your grieving process visit www.buschcares.com/resources attention to your feelings, and find ways As you work through your grief, consider the C8944284- Welcome to In Remembrance, This publication includes listings of community members that passed away between September 16, 2018 and December 15, 2018. You will find a truncated version of the notice, featuring a photo, date of passing, city of residence, and the funeral home who handled the services. We publish this to remember those who have passed and to create one more keepsake for those who remain. If so inclined, please take another look at the guestbook featured on cleveland.com to send another note of support to the bereaved or if you have been affected by a death please visit to remind you of the love and support around you during this difficult time. This guest book lives online in perpetuity. 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All our best, Russ Mackowski [email protected] SP75706 %%day,%%section%%page %%month %%date, %%year %%zone The Plain Dealer | cleveland.com %%zone %%day, %%month%%section%%page %%date, %%year Notable death Notable death Damien Forshe,We urban Remember Don Webster, popular farming pioneer, dies at 50 TV-5 personality dies at 79 Michael Sangiacomo Tom Feran [email protected] [email protected] Damien Forshe, of Pepper Don Webster, who became Pike, did what many people one of the most popular believed was impossible — personalities in Cleveland he brought life to a blighted television history during 35 area of Cleveland and in - years at WEWS Channel 5, spired others to do the same. died Thursday at his home Forshe, the co-founder of the in Westlake. He was 79. Rid-All Green Partnership The unexpected death was in Kinsman, died at at Hill- announced by WEWS, but crest Hospital Nov. 29 after a the cause was not immedi- heart attack. He was 50. ately available. Since 2011, Forshe had THE PLAIN DEALER Webster retired from the operated the urban farm - Damien Forshe, co-founder of an urban farm in station 19 years ago this ing operation on 26 acres the Kinsman neighborhood, pictured in one of the week, but he remained an of “The Forgotten Triangle,” six greenhouses in 2012, died Nov. 29 after a heart on-air presence doing com- mostly vacant tax delinquent attack. mercials and through a properties between E. 79th tour business with his wife, and E. 84th streets off Kins- He had a “vision to reju- farmer recognized by Time Kandi. The couple had re- man Avenue and turned it venate Cleveland through magazine in 2010 as one of turned to Cleveland after re- into an urban farm that pro- urban agriculture that the 100 most influential peo- tiring to Hilton Head, South duces thousands of pounds guided him to create a con- ple in the world. Carolina. of fresh produce every year sortium of organizations and Forshe was also involved “He was one of the most ROADELL HICKMAN | THE PLAIN DEALER using employees and vol - individuals that had the ex- in programs to stem urban humble and interesting Don Webster retired in December of 1999 after more unteers. The operation also perience needed to take on violence. After 12-year-old people I’ve ever met in the then 35 years on the air at WEWS Channel 5. includes a tilapia fish farm such a difficult task,” said Tamir Rice was shot and business,” said Channel and serves as a training cen- a statement from the fam- killed by police while wield- 5 General Manager Steve sports. He hosted “It’s Aca- 1989 as the lead weather ter for people who want to ily. “As he developed the ing a realistic-looking toy Weinstein, “It’s a sad day at demic” (now known as “Ac- forecaster for “Newschan- create their own gardens. Greater Cleveland commu- gun, Forshe organized a “Toy Channel 5 and in Cleveland.” ademic Challenge”), nine nel 5,” and said he “en - His widow, Taran Hender- nity around his concepts for Gun Buyback” program in Webster’s career was un- years of live Ohio Lottery joyed it more than I ever son-Forshe, said he also ran a greenhouses, fish and soil the city to lessen the chances surpassed in its variety. shows and even the final did before because I real - composting facility at the site farms, Forshe and his team of such an event happening Hired away from a TV job days of “The Gene Carroll ized it was what I should and was a general contractor also created partnerships again. in his native Hamilton, On- Show,” after the deaths of be doing.” who built gardening struc- worldwide, expanding his A play called “Brink City” tario, he arrived at TV-5 in Carroll and two replace- He said he left it when tures and “hoop houses,” work to places such as Be- was performed at Karamu September 1964 to host an ments on the local amateur he was only 60 because his a type of greenhouse, for lize, Kenya, Ghana, and Is- House. It was based on a se- “American Bandstand”-type hour. father had died at 34, when homes, schools and charita- rael. Damien and his team ries of comic books written series called “The Big Five He had a brief stint Don was 11, from a previ - ble organizations. often advised universities by Forshe that taught chil- Show” and a game show co-hosting “The Morning ously undetected congenital “Rid-All was a place where — teaching his innovative dren about sustainability called “Quick as a Wink.” Exchange” before starting heart problem. people would come to learn approach to urban farming and environmental issues. The latter lasted only 13 “Afternoon Exchange” with “The reality is, you never about hands-on urban farm- and agricultural business. Surviving with his wife weeks in a ratings battle Wilma Smith in January know how much time you’ve ing,” Henderson-Forshe said. But the greatest gift Damien are his mother, Bessie For- against “The Mike Douglas 1978. got,” Webster said.

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