"I knew I was being an idiot. But I figured if I kept being an idiot, if I didn't actually accept the truth, then the truth would become false." - Sherman Alexie, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Sometimes, you need to "turn off" your grief to give your mind and heart a break. Go to... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, August 15, 2025
Thursday, August 14, 2025
"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 want to say, what you could have said. While you never need to play it back, the process of... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
"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.
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
"There are silences and silences. None of them is like another. There is the silence of grief in velvet-draped rooms of a plush 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 of... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, August 11, 2025
"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.
Sunday, August 10, 2025
"...this woman, moved by some private sorrow as much as the words being spoken, cried almost silently, unobserved by others, apart from Muma Ramotswe, who stretched out her hand and laid it on her shoulder. Do not cry, Momma, she began to whisper, but changed her words even as she uttered them, and... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, August 9, 2025
"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.
Friday, August 8, 2025
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.
Thursday, August 7, 2025
"I wonder if I were to have an X-ray at the little hospital, would the machine see my grief? Is it like rust, arheum about the heart?" - Sebastian Barry, On Canaan's Side You don't have to feel self-conscious around other people about your grief. In fact, you would be surprised how few people... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
"Peace is the result of retraining your mind to process life as it is, rather than as you think it should be." Wayne W. Dyer No part of you wants to accept what has happened. Your greatest responsibility is to move from disbelief to some form of acceptance. Sign in to see full entry.