"Shock is a merciful condition. It allows you to get through disaster with a necessary distance between you and your feelings." - Lisa Kleypas, Sugar Daddy Do you wish you still felt the way you did a month ago? You were numb and going through the motions of your life to just "get through" the... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, October 5, 2025
Saturday, October 4, 2025
"There's a fine edge to new grief, it severs nerves, disconnects reality--there's mercy in a sharp blade. Only with time, as the edge wears, does the real ache begin." - Christopher Moore You probably need to hear it again today. You are feeling sad, and you think that feeling is never going to end.... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, October 3, 2025
"Grieving doesn't make you imperfect. It makes you human." - Sarah Dessen, The Truth About Forever When you go out and see all the people busily leading their lives, it feels like you are the only one grieving. Everyone seems purposeful and fully occupied with the events of their day. At times like... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, October 2, 2025
"Before you can live, a part of you has to die. You have to let go of what could have been, how you should have acted, and what you wish you had said differently. You have to accept that you can't change the past experiences, opinions of others at that moment in time or outcomes from their choices... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
"You attend the funeral, you bid the dead farewell. You grieve. Then you continue with your life. And at times the fact of her absence will hit you like a blow to the chest, and you will weep. But this will happen less and less as time goes on. She is dead. You are alive. So live." - Neil Gaiman,... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, September 30, 2025
"...acceptance is yet another of life's 'here's a side of hurt' lessons, and it is never truly acceptance unless it has cost us something to arrive there. Why, you ask? Because, I answer. Inadequate yet true." - Libba Bray When your anger has cooled and your tears have dried, you will eventually... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, September 29, 2025
"See, as much as you want to hold on to the bitter, sore memory that someone has left this world, you are still in it. And the very act of living is a tide: at first it seems to make no difference at all, and then one day you look down and see how much pain has eroded." - Jodi Picoult, My Sister's... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, September 28, 2025
"Monday, June 9: People think they know you. They think they know how you're handling a situation. But the truth is no one knows. No one knows what happens after you leave them, when you're lying in bed or sitting over your breakfast alone and all you want to do is cry or scream. They don't know... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, September 27, 2025
"You cannot die of grief, though it feels as if you can. A heart does not actually break, though sometimes your chest aches as if it is breaking. Grief dims with time. It is the way of things. There comes a day when you smile again, and you feel like a traitor. How dare I feel happy. How dare I be... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, September 26, 2025
"Whoever said that loss gets easier with time was a liar. Here's what really happens: The spaces between the times you miss them grow longer. Then, when you do remember to miss them again, it's still with a stabbing pain to the heart. And you have guilt. Guilt because it's been too long since you... Sign in to see full entry.