"I think I am beginning to understand why grief feels like suspense. It comes from the frustration of so many impulses that had become habitual. Thought after thought, feeling after feeling, action after action had H. for their object. Now, their target is gone. I keep on through habit fitting an... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, August 10, 2024
Friday, August 9, 2024
"...this woman, moved by some private sorrow as much as the words being spoken, cried almost silently, unobserved by others, apart from Mama Ramotswe, who stretched out her hand and laid it on her shoulder. Do not cry, Mama, she began to whisper, but changed her words even as she uttered them, and... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, August 8, 2024
"Listen, Harper. I realize how hard this is for you." A flash of anger heats up in my chest. She doesn't understand. She can't. If she did, she'd leave me alone instead of trying to force me to talk about this." - Hannah Harrington, Saving June. Take time today to connect with the people who have... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, August 7, 2024
It feels weird, being out in the real world again. Around people just living their lives like normal. Their presence is oppressive. The very fact that the world is going on as usual, like nothing ever happened, makes me want to scream. I know it's irrational to expect everything to grind to a halt... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, August 4, 2024
"My life is now divided into two periods: With June and After June. I can't wrap my mind around the idea of it." - Hannah Harrington, Saving June. While you might give anything to go back to the time before you experienced this loss, that is, unfortunately, not a possibility. This new reality may... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, August 3, 2024
"She'd not known grief would come in waves, brought on by the smallest of things. Nor had she realized that ordinary acts of living would continue even after the loss of a love and that it would remain possible to get caught up in the moment of a simple pleasure before remembering." - Tess Thompson... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, August 2, 2024
"The idea of immortality, that like a sea has ebbed and flowed in the human heart, with its countless waves of hope and fear, beating against the shores and rocks of time and fate, was not born of any book, nor of any creed, nor of any religion. It was born of human affection, and it will continue... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, August 1, 2024
"There is a feeling of disbelief that comes over you, that takes over, and you go through the motions. You do what you're supposed to do, but in fact, you're not there at all." - Frederick Barthelme, Elroy Nights. You may still be checking in and out of your life. You are present and engaged at... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
"The only education in grief that any of us ever gets is a crash course. Until Caroline had died, I had belonged to that other world, the place of innocence and linear expectations, where I thought grief was a simple, wrenching realm of sadness and longing that gradually receded. What that... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, July 30, 2024
"What if it's as simple as one moment? One tiny thing, like that kiss on the rocks? What if I'd kissed him a little longer? Would he be alive right now? Or what if I'd stayed with him Friday night, what if I'd been with him... wherever he was?" - Kristina McBride, One Moment. We all play the "what... Sign in to see full entry.