"It takes a year, nephew... a full turn of the calendar, to get over losing someone." - Annie Proulx, The Shipping News It would be comforting to know exactly how long the grieving process takes. Everyone you talk to has his/her own advice, and books on the subject have different opinions as well.... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, November 20, 2022
Saturday, November 19, 2022
"I wish everyone would stop crying, Tom. Uncle Joe would be so angry about it." But she's crying herself now. "He'd be so angry at us, Tom, for crying so much when all he did was laugh." - Melina Marchetta - The Piper's Son There may be days when you find yourself crying as much as you did when you... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, November 18, 2022
"If he didn't love so deeply, he couldn't grieve so deeply. But he's drowning in it." - Dee Henderson - The Protector Think about how someone you know seemed when he or she was grieving. How did you feel being around that person? While it's tough to see yourself objectively, try to determine how you... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, November 17, 2022
"Grief... gives life a permanently provisional feeling. It doesn't seem worth starting anything. I can't settle down. I yawn, I fidget, I smoke too much. Up till this I always had too little time. Now there is nothing but time. Almost pure time, empty successiveness." - C.S. Lewis - A Grief Observed... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
"I do hope that when the day comes, whether in 1, 10, or 100 years, I don't want you to think of me and feel sad." - Esther Earl - This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl Do something special - be it lunch with a friend or a walk in the park with a relative - and take a... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, November 15, 2022
"Grief teaches the steadiest minds to waver." - Sophocles - Antigone Ask someone else who is grieving what he or she needs, and try to do whatever it is for that person. Any concrete things you can do to help someone else will help you with your own grief. Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, November 14, 2022
"We bereaved are not alone. We belong to the largest company in all the world--the company of those who have known suffering." - Helen Keller, We Bereaved There will be times when you mourn the person you were before you experienced the loss of a loved one. Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, November 13, 2022
"Take any emotion - love for a woman, or grief for a loved one, or what I'm going through, fear and pain from a deadly illness. If you hold back on the emotions - if you don't allow yourself to go all the way through them - you can never get to being detached, you're too busy being afraid. You're... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, November 12, 2022
"Nix still held Benny's hand, and her grip tightened to an almost crushing force, grinding his hand bones together. It hurt, but Benny would rather have cut that hand off than take it back at that moment. If it would help Nix through this, he'd give her a pair of pliers and a vise so she could do a... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, November 11, 2022
"A shade of sorrow passed over Taliesin's face. 'There are those,' he said gently, 'who must first learn loss, despair, and grief. Of all paths to wisdom, this is the cruelest and longest. Are you one who must follow such a way? This even I cannot know. If you are, take heart nonetheless. Those who... Sign in to see full entry.