"Grief is beautiful?' She thought it was the most dreadful feeling possible. At best, she viewed the world through a haze, and at worst, everything looked black. 'It means you've loved another with all your heart,' Luka said. 'What's the use of being alive if you've never loved like that, not even... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, August 24, 2024
Friday, August 23, 2024
"An observant friend will recognize the signs of the rise of grief: eyes that easily well with tears, a smile that is difficult to sustain, a tendency to withdraw. And ultimately, perhaps we each need to create our own symbol of grieving - to wear our version of black, or maybe to color with black... Sign in to see full entry.
Patience is a form of wisdom. It demonstrates that we understand and accept the fact that sometimes things must unfold in their own time. - Jon Kabat-Zinn When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time. - Saint Francis de Sales... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, August 21, 2024
"Laine taped the last box shut. That was it, then: All of Gavin's belongings put away; some for charity, some for the dump, some to be saved for a happier 'one day' that Laine felt, right now, was as distant as the stars." - Stephen M. Irwin, The Dead Path. Packing up someone's personal effects can... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
"She lost much of her appetite. At night, an invisible hand kept shaking her awake every few hours. Grief was physiological, a disturbance of the blood. Sometimes a whole minute would pass in nameless dread - the bedside clock ticking, the blue moonlight coating the window like glue - before she'd... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, August 19, 2024
"Before I lost my father, I never understood the rituals surrounding funerals: the wake, the service itself, the reception afterward,the dinners prepared by well-meaning friends and delivered in plastic containers, even the popular habit of making poster boards filled with photos of the dear... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, August 18, 2024
"Absence is a house so vast that inside you will pass through its walls and hang pictures on the air." - Pablo Neruda. It can feel almost painful to be in the same place you lived before your loss. Everywhere you look, triggers bring you back to the time before your loved one's death. Try to take a... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, August 13, 2024
"Adam pressed his hand to his face. Sighed. "Right. It's just that... He died. And I'm so freaking angry..." - Kristina McBride, One Moment Do you wish you could still talk to your loved one? Record what you wish you could have said. While you never need to play it back, the process of saying what... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, August 12, 2024
"We don't forget, but something vacant settles in us." - Roland Barthes, Mourning Diary When you are ready, creating a photobook, editing home movies, or crafting a scrapbook of memories of your loved one can be a way to build a lasting tribute to that person that will bring you solace in the months... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, August 11, 2024
"There are silences and silences. No one of them is like another. There is the silence of grief in velvet-draped rooms of a plushly carpeted funeral parlor which is far different from the bleak and terrible silence of grief in a widower's lonely bedroom." - Dean Koontz, Phantoms. When the loneliness... Sign in to see full entry.