"But when I do feel all the strength go out of me, and I fall to my knees beside the table and I think I cry, then, or at least I want to, and everything inside me screams for just one more kiss, one more word, one more glance, one more." - Veronica Roth, Allegiant Do you play that game in your... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, May 4, 2025
Saturday, May 3, 2025
"Deep grief sometimes is almost like a specific location, a coordinate on a map of time. When you are standing in that forest of sorrow, you cannot imagine that you could ever find your way to a better place. But if someone can assure you that they themselves have stood in that same place, and now... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, May 2, 2025
"It is useless for me to describe how terrible Violet, Klaus, and even Sunny felt in the time that followed. If you have ever lost someone very important to you, then you already know how it feels, and if you haven't, you cannot possibly imagine it." - Lemony Snicket, The Bad Beginning Well-meaning... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, May 1, 2025
"You think you've accepted that someone is out of your life, that you've grieved and it's over, and then bam. One little thing, and you feel like you've lost that person all over again." - Rachel Hawkins, Demonglass It's going to happen. You don't know where or when, but it is a certainty that it... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
"To weep is to make less the depth of grief." -William Shakespeare There is no shame in crying to cope with grief. Cry a little, and then move on. You may have two weeks without tears and then cry every day for a month. Do not worry that you will never recover from your loss. You will make it a part... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
"Grief can destroy you --or focus you. You can decide a relationship was all for nothing if it had to end in death, and you alone. OR you can realize that every moment of it had more meaning than you dared to recognize at the time, so much meaning it scared you, so you just lived, just took for... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, April 27, 2025
"When someone you love dies, and you're not expecting it, you don't lose her all at once; you lose her in pieces over a long time - the way the mail stops coming, and her scent fades from the pillows and even from the clothes in her closet and drawers. Gradually, you accumulate the parts of her that... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, April 26, 2025
"No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear." - C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed You may be asking yourself how you can move on with your life. Your world has changed, and this new reality is unbearable. Remember to recognize that fear is a big part of your feelings. You may be afraid that you... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, April 25, 2025
"Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them." - Leo Tolstoy When we love someone—be it a friend, family member, or spouse—we open ourselves up to the potential for loss. Yet, we take... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, April 24, 2025
"You will lose someone you can't live without, and your heart will be badly broken, and the bad news is that you never completely get over the loss of your beloved. But this is also the good news. They live forever in your broken heart that doesn't seal back up. And you come through. It's like... Sign in to see full entry.