"I basked in you; I loved you, helplessly, with boundless tongue-tied love. And death doesn't prevent me from loving you. Besides, in my opinion, you aren't dead. (I know dead people, and you are not dead.)" - Franz Wright, Walking to Martha's Vineyard Proactively do something today that makes... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, November 10, 2022
Wednesday, November 9, 2022
"Tears have always been easier to shed than explain." - Marty Rubin Sometimes it feels like there are no words to accurately describe what grief feels like. As with any pain, you can't remember it with precision after the fact, which is a blessing. Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, November 8, 2022
"Here's what I know: death abducts the dying, but grief steals from those left behind." - Katherine Owen - Seeing Julia When you have experienced a loss, you can feel like a victim. Something precious was taken away from you, and there is a definite helplessness to that. You need to make the active... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, November 6, 2022
"Grief lasts longer than sympathy, which is one of the tragedies of the grieving." - Elizabeth McCracken You probably haven't received a sympathy card in quite a while. Most of your friends, family, neighbors, and coworkers already know about your loss and have reached out to you. You may be feeling... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, November 5, 2022
"Tears are a river that takes you somewhere...Tears lift your boat off the rocks, off dry ground, carrying it downriver to someplace better." - Clarissa Pinkola Estés It hasn't been too long to cry. Cry when you need to cry and dry your tears when you are ready. Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, November 4, 2022
"Heart weeps. Head tries to help heart. Head tells heart how it is, again: You will lose the ones you love. They will all go. But even the earth will go, someday. Heart feels better, then. But the words of head do not remain long in the ears of heart. Heart is so new to this. I want them back, says... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, November 3, 2022
"Nothing that grieves us can be called little: by the eternal laws of proportion a child's loss of a doll and a king's loss of a crown are events of the same size." - Mark Twain When you turn on the news or read a magazine article that focuses on someone else's tragedy, you may feel guilty because... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
You endure what is supposedly unbearable, and before you know it, you would have done the impossible by bearing the unbearable. - Donovan People told you things would slowly get better, but until you survive the first year of grief, that can be hard to believe. Looking back, you have made it through... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, November 1, 2022
"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.
"Life Lesson 3: You can't rush grief. It has its own timetable. All you can do is make sure there are lots of soft places around -- beds, pillows, arms, laps." - Patti Davis, Two Cats and the Woman They Own: or Lessons I Learned from My Cats Show yourself the same patience that you show to everyone... Sign in to see full entry.