newportindependent.com http://www.newportindependent.com/section/Columns newportindependent.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. Fri, 24 May 2013 13:15:44 +0000 Jeff Vrabel: Flight ads http://www.newportindependent.com/article/20130218/NEWS/130219688/1008/OPINION?rssfeed=true Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:41:55 By Jeff Vrabel, GHNS http://www.newportindependent.com/article/20130218/NEWS/130219688/1008/OPINION The Guy’s Perspective: Learning to be more confident http://www.newportindependent.com/article/20130218/NEWS/130219689/1008/OPINION?rssfeed=true Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:39:26 By Saelen Ghose, GHNS http://www.newportindependent.com/article/20130218/NEWS/130219689/1008/OPINION Family Matters: Finding ways to help children cope with death http://www.newportindependent.com/article/20130201/NEWS/130209954/1008/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 1 Feb 2013 14:36:09 By Diana Boggia, GHNS http://www.newportindependent.com/article/20130201/NEWS/130209954/1008/OPINION I just received a phone call that my ex-husband’s mother died. My two daughters loved her and I know they will be upset, so I want to find the right words to help them through this. I also need to prepare them for their first funeral with someone they loved, and prepare them for the process of it all. They were traumatized at a previous funeral of a family member they didn’t even know, so I hate to think of what this might do to them.
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