The cure for grief is motion. - Elbert Hubbard As you work through your grief, it is important to go from focusing on your thoughts to addressing your physical being. One of the best things you can do is to begin some form of light exercise as you work through these difficult days. Take a 15-20... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, May 10, 2023
Tuesday, May 9, 2023
"When you part from your friend, you grieve not; For that which you love most in him may be clearer in his absence, as the mountain to the climber is clearer from the plain." - Khalil Gibran, The Prophet. We spend a lot of our lives looking forward; forward to a vacation, a milestone, or even just... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, May 8, 2023
"Words are like nets - we hope they'll cover what we mean, but we know they can't possibly hold that much joy, or grief, or wonder." - Jodi Picoult, Change of Heart It is nearly impossible to express in words the grief you are feeling. Know that you don't have to be able to do that. Reach out and... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, May 7, 2023
"Every widow wakes one morning, perhaps after years of pure and unwavering grieving, to realize she slept a good night's sleep, and will be able to eat breakfast, and doesn't hear her husband's ghost all the time, but only some of the time. Her grief is replaced with a useful sadness. Every parent... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, May 6, 2023
"There once was a girl who found herself dead. She peered over the ledge of heaven and saw that back on earth, her sister missed her too much and was way too sad, so she crossed some paths that would not have crossed, took some moments in her hand, shook them up, and spilled them like dice over the... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, May 5, 2023
"Relationships take up energy; letting go of them, psychiatrists theorize, entails mental work. When you lose someone you were close to, you have to reassess your picture of the world and your place in it. The more your identity was wrapped up with the deceased, the more difficult the loss." -... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, May 4, 2023
Act the way you'd like to be, and soon you'll be the way you act. - Leonard Cohen Repeat anything often enough, and it will start to become you. - Tom Hopkins Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy. - Thich Nhat Hanh A smile that begins... Sign in to see full entry.
"But when I do feel all the strength go out of me, and I fall to my knees beside the table and I think I cry, then, or at least I want to, and everything inside me screams for just one more kiss, one more word, one more glance, one more." - Veronica Roth, Allegiant. Do you play that game in your... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, May 3, 2023
"Deep grief sometimes is almost like a specific location, a coordinate on a map of time. When you are standing in that forest of sorrow, you cannot imagine that you could ever find your way to a better place. But if someone can assure you that they themselves have stood in that same place, and now... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, May 2, 2023
"It is useless for me to describe to you how terrible Violet, Klaus, and even Sunny felt in the time that followed. If you have ever lost someone very important to you, then you already know how it feels, and if you haven't, you cannot possibly imagine it." - Lemony Snicket, The Bad Beginning.... Sign in to see full entry.