National Fallen Firefighters Foundation

The Journey

The Journey is a bi-monthly publication for fire service survivors. We chose the name The Journey since this is how many survivors describe life after the loss of a firefighter. The Journey focuses on issues related to loss and healing and includes the reflections and memories of survivors in their own words.

Issue Topic

Issue 1 In the Beginning: Getting Through the First Few Months

Issue 2 How Will I Know I'm Healing?

Issue 3 Remembering: Messages from the 2003 Remembrance Banner

Issue 4 Tributes to Fallen Firefighters

Issue 5 Survivor Success Stories

Issue 6 A Proud Grandmother Writes

Issue 7 Taking Care of Our Own

Issue 8 Do Children Grieve?

Issue 9 Pets: How They Help Us Through Our Loss

Issue 10 Multiple Losses: Too Many Losses All at Once

Issue 11 Sibling Grief: Stories from Adult Sibling Survivors

Issue 12 Grieving During the Holidays

Issue 13 When Others Remember Our Loved Ones

Issue 14 Focus on Children

Issue 15 The Memorial Weekend

Issue 16 Moving On

Issue 17 Losing a Parent as an Adult

Issue 18 Parenting After the Loss of a Spouse

Issue 19 Keeping Their Stories Alive

Issue 20 Full Circle: A Story of the Memorial Weekend

Issue 21 What Grief Has Taught Me

Issue 22 Labels: "Widows" and "Survivors"

Issue 23 The Survivors Conference

Issue 24 Survivors Sharing Memories

Issue 25 Extended Family and Friends

Issue 26 Children Who Lost Their Fathers

Issue 27 Stories of Actual Journeys Shared by Survivors

Issue 28 Scholarship Stories

Issue 29 Dealing with Difficult Emotions

Issue 30 With a Little Help from My Friends

Issue 31 Telling Your Story

Issue 32 When an Adult Son or Daughter Dies

Issue 33 Faith and Tradition

Issue 34 Reaching Out for Help

Issue 35 Legacies

Issue 36 Vivid Dreams, Visions & Visitations

Issue 37 Public Safety Officers' Educational Assistance

Issue 38 Sometimes It's the Little Things

Issue 39 Personal Journeys of Loss and Continued Connection

Issue 40 Working Through the Sticking Points

Issue 41 Dreams

Issue 42 Paying it Forward

Issue 43 Teenagers

Issue 44 Words of Inspiration

Issue 45 Holidays & Miracles

Issue 46 Hope

Issue 47 Humor

Issue 48 Music

Issue 49 Who My Firefighter Was to Me

Issue 50 Preserving Memories for Children

Issue 51 Engaging Fully in Life

Issue 52 Young Widowhood

Foundation Newsletter

The Foundation publishes a newsletter for survivors of fallen firefighters and others interested in issues that relate to line-of-duty death. The newsletter focuses on survivor issues, benefits, and Foundation programs.

Below you will find an archive of previous versions of the Foundation Newsletter. To view these files you will need Adobe® Reader®.

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