"Everyone grieves in different ways. For some, it could take longer or shorter. I do know it never disappears. An ember still smolders inside me. Most days, I don't notice it, but, out of the blue, it'll flare to life." - Maria V. Snyder, Storm Glass When grief is your every day, it's hard to... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, February 15, 2023
Tuesday, February 14, 2023
"Remember that grief is a necessary pain. It's your only way to heal. To starve it will destroy you." - S.M. Boyce, Lichgates Do not hold back your tears, your words, and your feelings. Grieving is not always pretty, but it is how we heal our hearts from great loss. Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, February 13, 2023
"He felt lighter than he had in weeks, and he realized that the monster he had been running from wasn't really a monster after all. It was simply that place in the heart that holds the measure of your history, the joy and the grief, the laughter and the tears, the magic and the wonder; all the... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, February 12, 2023
"I know now what was happening to me, what was overwhelming me, what was about to consume and almost destroy me. Didier had even given me a name for it - assassin grief, he'd once called it: the kind of grief that lies in wait and attacks you from ambush with no warning and no mercy. I know now that... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, February 11, 2023
"I had always turned to books, to knowledge, to help me get through everything in my life - and, sometimes, to escape it. But grief was a journey through a forest of razor blades. I walked through every painful inch of it - no shortcuts and no anesthesia." - Michele Bardsley, Don't Talk Back To Your... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, February 10, 2023
"What madness, to love a man as something more than human! I lived in a fever, convulsed with tears and sighs that allowed me neither rest nor peace of mind. My soul was a burden, bruised and bleeding. It was tired of the man who carried it, but I found no place to set it down to rest. Neither the... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, February 9, 2023
"[A] person whose head is bowed and whose eyes are heavy cannot look at the light." - Christine de Pizan, Ditié de Jehanne d'Arc Take an empty grocery bag and walk around your neighborhood. Pick up any trash you see along your route and dispose of it in the bag. Work towards making your environment... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, February 8, 2023
"Everyone who lives long enough to love deeply will experience great losses. Don't let fear of loss, or the losses themselves, take away your ability to enjoy the wonderful life that is yours." - Barbara "Cutie" Cooper, Fall in Love for Life: Inspiration from a 73-Year Marriage You may be leery of... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, February 7, 2023
"When things get really bad, you take comfort in the placeness of a place." - Banana Yoshimoto, The Lake Buy some fresh flowers for your home. They symbolize life and hope, two things that you need to focus on right now. Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, February 6, 2023
"I realized that it was not that I didn't want to go on without him. I did. It was just that I didn't know why I wanted to go on" - Kay Redfield Jamison, Nothing Was the Same Do something that you have never done before. This doesn't mean skydiving or running a marathon. Make your bed every day,... Sign in to see full entry.