"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.
Tuesday, May 2, 2023
Monday, May 1, 2023
"You think you've accepted that someone is out of your life, that you've grieved, and it's over, and then bam. One little thing, and you feel like you've lost that person all over again." - Rachel Hawkins, Demonglass. It's going to happen. You don't know where or when, but it is a certainty that it... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, April 30, 2023
"To weep is to make less the depth of grief." -William Shakespeare There is no shame in crying to cope with grief. Cry a little, and then move on. You may have two weeks without tears and then cry every day for a month. Do not worry that you will never recover from your loss. You will make it a part... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, April 29, 2023
"Grief can destroy you --or focus you. You can decide a relationship was all for nothing if it had to end in death, and you alone. OR you can realize that every moment of it had more meaning than you dared to recognize at the time, so much meaning it scared you, so you just lived, just took for... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, April 28, 2023
"Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you." - Veronica Roth, Insurgent. When you experience such a profound loss, you have a kind of heaviness in your heart that feels permanent. It seems as if it will smother you with its intensity at times and makes you question if it will... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, April 27, 2023
"When someone you love dies, and you're not expecting it, you don't lose her all at once; you lose her in pieces over a long time - the way the mail stops coming, and her scent fades from the pillows and even from the clothes in her closet and drawers. Gradually, you accumulate the parts of her that... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, April 26, 2023
"No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear." - C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed. You may be asking yourself how you can possibly move on with your life. Your world has changed, and this new reality is unbearable. Try to recognize that a big part of how you are feeling is fear. You may be afraid... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
"Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them." - Leo Tolstoy. When we love someone - be it a friend, family member, or spouse - we open ourselves up to the potential for loss. Yet, we... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, April 23, 2023
"The pleasure of remembering had been taken from me, because there was no longer anyone to remember with. It felt like losing your co-rememberer meant losing the memory itself, as if the things we'd done were less real and important than they had been hours before." - John Green, The Fault in Our... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, April 22, 2023
"I will not say, do not weep, for not all tears are an evil." - J.R.R. Tolkien You may be trying to hide your tears. It might feel like you are being strong by not crying. To cry is not to be weak but rather to release your sorrow so that you can let go of it and move forward. You may need to cry... Sign in to see full entry.