"Everyone who lives long enough to love deeply will experience great losses. Don't let fear of loss, or the losses themselves, take away your ability to enjoy the wonderful life that is yours." - Barbara "Cutie" Cooper, Fall in Love for Life: Inspiration from a 73-Year Marriage You may be leery of... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
"When things get really bad, you take comfort in the placeness of a place." - Banana Yoshimoto, The Lake Buy some fresh flowers for your home. They symbolize life and hope, two things that you need to focus on right now. Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, February 10, 2025
"I realized that it was not that I didn't want to go on without him. I did. It was just that I didn't know why I wanted to go on" - Kay Redfield Jamison, Nothing Was the Same Could you do something that you have never done before? This doesn't mean skydiving or running a marathon. Make your bed... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, February 9, 2025
"Still, everyone, including the abbot, had said that he was running away from his grief. They'd had no idea what they were talking about. He'd cradled his grief almost to the point of loving it. For so long, he refused to give it up because leaving it behind was like leaving her."- Sue Monk Kidd,... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, February 8, 2025
"You can't love your mother or father if you don't also have the capacity to grieve their deaths and, perhaps even more so, grieve parts of their lives." - Glenn Beck, The 7: Seven Wonders That Will Change Your Life It has been said that you never really grow up until you lose your parents. It feels... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, February 7, 2025
"Then one morning she'd begun to feel her sorrow easing, like something jagged that had cut into her so long it had finally dulled its edges, worn itself down. That same day Rachel couldn't remember which side her father had parted his hair on, and she'd realized again what she'd learned at five... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, February 6, 2025
"Just when normal life felt almost possible - when the world held some kind of order, meaning, even loveliness (the prismatic spray of light through an icicle; the stillness of a sunrise), some small thing would go awry and the veil of optimism was torn away, the barren world revealed. They learned,... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
"I walk slowly, but I never walk backward." - Abraham Lincoln It cannot be said enough that you are progressing in your grieving. It will never feel fast enough, but at some point, you will realize that you are improving and slowly letting joy back into your life. Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
"One small crack does not mean that you are broken; it means that you were put to the test and didn't fall apart." - Linda Poindexter. It will take several years, but you will look back on this period and feel proud that you made it. Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, February 3, 2025
"Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still." - Chinese Proverb. Are you frustrated that grief is still a big part of your daily active thinking? Think back to a month ago. You are making slow and steady progress. Sign in to see full entry.