"Grief does not change you. It reveals you." - John Green, The Fault in Our Stars Your grief may be the greatest challenge you have ever faced and will test you unlike any other. In the end, you will develop a level of empathy and strength of character that you did not know you could have. You will... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, December 29, 2022
"Grief does not change you. It reveals you." - John Green, The Fault in Our Stars Your grief may be the greatest challenge you have ever faced and will test you unlike any other. In the end, you will develop a level of empathy and strength of character that you did not know you could have. You will... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, December 28, 2022
"There are some who would vow that life isn't fair. They believe the worst is yet to come, that evil will always conquer good, and that we have no control over our fate. It's true, there are storms that shake our foundations and monsters that threaten to tear us limb from limb. We will make terrible... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, December 27, 2022
"It occurred to me that grief is like a tunnel. You enter it without a choice because you must get to the other side. The darkness of it plays tricks on you and sometimes you can even forget where you are or what your purpose is. I believe that people, now and again, get lost or stuck in that... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, December 26, 2022
"Yet that grief and this joy were alike outside all the ordinary conditions of life; they were loop-holes, as it were, in that ordinary life through which there came glimpses of something sublime. And in the contemplation of this sublime something the soul was exalted to inconceivable heights of... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, December 25, 2022
"I picture Cully tromping through that high, deep snow. That's how I feel physically from all of this. Moving through grief like it's a thick drift, exhausting but enlivening. It makes your muscles ache. It makes you feel you've inhabited your body completely." - Kaui Hart Hemmings - The... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, December 24, 2022
"People grieve in different ways, some silently, some in anger, some in spite. Rarely does grief bring out the best in people, despite what local historians like to tell you." - Joanne Harris, Five Quarters of the Orange You may miss the "real you", that person you were before you started to grieve.... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, December 23, 2022
"There is greater clarity in the still waters of sadness, something not found in the babbling brooks of more sought after emotions." - Shaun Hick Feeling sad is your new normal. That emotion has permeated every part of your life for weeks such that you almost don't have to be reflective and consider... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, December 22, 2022
"We live and we die, but we are made of sterner stuff. The carbon atoms in our fingernails, the calcium in our bones, the iron atoms in our blood -- all the countless trillions of atoms of which we are made -- are ancient objects. They existed before us, before the Earth itself, in fact. And after... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, December 21, 2022
"Sometimes when we are drowning in our own loss we lash out--anger is momentarily easier to cope with." - Anne Perry, No Graves as Yet You may find yourself being impatient or aggressive with close family members or friends. It's like putting on a suit of armor. In a strange way, being angry is... Sign in to see full entry.