"The only person who can pull me down is myself, and I'm not going to let myself pull me down anymore." - C. Joybell C. Some days you may wake up feeling so down that it seems like "getting through" is the best you can do. No one in your life can make you feel differently - you have all the power in... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, May 18, 2023
Wednesday, May 17, 2023
To spare oneself from grief at all costs can be achieved only at the price of total detachment, which excludes the ability to experience happiness. ---Erich Fromm You may be avoiding your friends and family. Seeing them brings up all the sadness that you are trying to hide away from as you grieve.... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, May 15, 2023
"In days that follow, I discover that anger is easier to handle than grief." - Emily Giffin, Heart of the Matter. You may want to blame the universe for your loved one's death. You may want to curse at the sky or fate or whatever force may have taken the gift of this person from you. Anger is fast,... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, May 14, 2023
"Every morning, I wake up and forget just for a second that it happened. But once my eyes open, it buries me like a landslide of sharp, sad rocks. Once my eyes open, I'm heavy, like there's too much gravity on my heart." - Sarah Ockler, Twenty Boy Summer For longer than you expect, your loss will be... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, May 11, 2023
"I saw the world in black and white instead of the vibrant colours and shades I knew existed." - Katie McGarry, Pushing the Limits. You may be wondering why after more than a month of living with this loss, you still don't enjoy music, laugh at jokes, or see the beauty around you. Grief is a... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, May 10, 2023
The cure for grief is motion. - Elbert Hubbard As you work through your grief, it is important to go from focusing on your thoughts to addressing your physical being. One of the best things you can do is to begin some form of light exercise as you work through these difficult days. Take a 15-20... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, May 9, 2023
"When you part from your friend, you grieve not; For that which you love most in him may be clearer in his absence, as the mountain to the climber is clearer from the plain." - Khalil Gibran, The Prophet. We spend a lot of our lives looking forward; forward to a vacation, a milestone, or even just... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, May 8, 2023
"Words are like nets - we hope they'll cover what we mean, but we know they can't possibly hold that much joy, or grief, or wonder." - Jodi Picoult, Change of Heart It is nearly impossible to express in words the grief you are feeling. Know that you don't have to be able to do that. Reach out and... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, May 7, 2023
"Every widow wakes one morning, perhaps after years of pure and unwavering grieving, to realize she slept a good night's sleep, and will be able to eat breakfast, and doesn't hear her husband's ghost all the time, but only some of the time. Her grief is replaced with a useful sadness. Every parent... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, May 6, 2023
"There once was a girl who found herself dead. She peered over the ledge of heaven and saw that back on earth, her sister missed her too much and was way too sad, so she crossed some paths that would not have crossed, took some moments in her hand, shook them up, and spilled them like dice over the... Sign in to see full entry.