Great Gifts. Great Cause.
Our online store offers unique gifts from around the world. Batiks, leather and copper products, maasai beads, and wooden sculptures (ebony, jacaranda and rosewood), handmade in Africa. Bangles, anklets, bags and purses from the Guild of Service, handmde in India. And much more! Proceeds of all sales go toward maintaining GriefandRenewal.com and to helping widows in developing countries. 

Come to The National Conference on Widowhood, July 2009!
Soaring Spirits Loss Foundation, a non-profit organization focused on providing emotional and practical support to people grieving the loss of a loved one is hosting the National Conference on Widowhood, which I think is the first of its kind in this country.
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Can One World Help the Other?
by Dr. V. Mohini Giri
On the confluence of the rivers Ganga and Jamboi in West Bengal, two great rivers meet. Their colours spilling into each other but at the same remaining distinctly apart- the water too reflecting like a mirror, the society which it traverses through. The haves and the have nots. Those for whom like the Ganga the water flows pure and white, and those for whom there is only the murky brown of the local stream.
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Report on Guild of Service Members Visit to Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan
For a decade now, Guild of service has been zealously working in Sawai Madhopur with a mission to the empowerment of women. The involvement of Guild of Service is multi-dimensional with an eye only on developmental activities. The goal as always is the empowerment of the underprivileged and emancipation of marginalized women and children.
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FEATURED BOOKS
Book Time: A Random Collection from My Bookshelf
by Laura Slap-Shelton
Here are some of the books which I found inspiring, fascinating, helpful and consoling.
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PERSONAL ESSAYS
Still Born and Still Here
by Diana Gardner-Williams
The fact that our beautiful baby boy was born quiet and still brought us to the cabin in the mountains. This was where we would spend our first Christmas without our baby…Our son being born quiet and still, put life into a much different perspective for me. I now view our time here as just a stepping-stone.
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Anniversary
by Lynn L. Shattuck
I remember the lines on her feet, like a dusty map. That she may have been the only person in history to actually read Playboy for the articles. I remember late night egg and onion sandwiches, and that she never said she loved me, but I somehow knew she did. Last Sunday marked the 15th anniversary of my grandma's death.
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"Almost anything you do will seem insignificant, but it is very important that you do it. You must be the change that you wish to see in the world." – Mahatma Gandhi

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