"The depth of the feeling continued to surprise and threaten me, but each time it hit again and I bore it...I would discover that it hadn't washed me away." - Anne Lamott - Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith Just about the time you think you are doing better, something happens that brings... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, October 31, 2022
Sunday, October 30, 2022
"Sometimes she'd go a whole day without thinking of him or missing him. Why not? She had quite a full life, and really, he'd often been hard to deal with and hard to live with. A project, the Yankee old timers like her very own Dad might have said. And then sometimes a day would come, a gray one (or... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, October 29, 2022
"Sometimes, there was no getting over it. Sometimes, you lived with the empty place inside of you until you imploded on it, loss as singularity, or until the empty place expanded and hollowed out the rest of you so thoroughly you became the walking dead, a ghost in your own life." - Caitlin... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, October 28, 2022
"What happens when you let go, when your strength leaves you and you sink into darkness, when there's nothing that you or anyone else can do, no matter how desperate you are, no matter how you try? Perhaps it's then, when you have neither pride nor power, that you are saved, brought to an... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, October 27, 2022
Today, I visited you in a memory, something I couldn't yet do in the early days of grief. I let my heart wander and let my mind roam free in the way that it sued to be to feel your presence - so persistent, so steady, to reflect, to remember and see that you are still with me. I knew those moments... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, October 26, 2022
"The weird, weird thing about devastating loss is that life actually goes on. When you're faced with a tragedy, a loss so huge that you have no idea how you can live through it, somehow, the world keeps turning, the seconds keep ticking." - James Patterson, Angel When you walk down the street, you... Sign in to see full entry.
Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable. - George S. Patton The contradictions are what make human behavior so maddening and yet so fascinating, all at the same time. - Joan D. Vinge The curious paradox is that when I accept... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, October 25, 2022
"Nostalgia reassures us of past happiness and accomplishment; and, since these still remain on deposit, as it were, in the bank of our memory, it simultaneously bestows upon us a certain worth, irrespective of how present circumstances may seem to question or obscure this. And current worth, as our... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, October 24, 2022
"When you arise in the morning, think of what precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love." - Marcus Aurelius Find one thing today that reminds you how beautiful life is. Photograph it and print it out. Then use it as a visual reminder when you need it. Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, October 23, 2022
"Start before you're ready." - Steven Pressfield This quote might sound out of place, but many grieving people are hesitant on deciding if it is "alright to stop the appearances of grieving." You may never feel like you are ready to reconnect with people and pursue things that interest you. Take the... Sign in to see full entry.