"There are as many sorrows as there are people who feel them and there are no rules... It is solitary... Grief is such a lonely thing. There is no one in it with you - others may grieve for the same soul, but they do not grieve exactly for what you also grieve. No one has lost precisely what you... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, August 23, 2022
Monday, August 22, 2022
"It takes so little... to lose it; grief and disappointment can take one's faith away so easily that you might wake one morning and have none left." - Susan Fletcher, The Silver Dark Sea What were your views of God or some sort of higher power before your loss? Have they changed as a result of it?... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, August 21, 2022
"Century after century, the belief that an individual's physical health was independent of his or her emotional health has so dominated medical thought that there has even been open contempt for anyone who would dare to claim that a person's physical well-being is the sum of its internal and... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, August 20, 2022
"Grief is beautiful?' She thought it was the most dreadful feeling possible. At best she viewed the world through a haze, and at worst everything looked black. 'It means you've loved another with all your heart,' Luka said. 'What's the use of being alive if you've never loved like that, not even... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, August 19, 2022
Do not say, 'It is morning,' and dismiss it with a name of yesterday. See it for the first time as a newborn child that has no name. - Rabindranath Tagore Sign in to see full entry.
"An observant friend will recognize the signs of the rise of grief: eyes that easily well with tears, a smile that is difficult to sustain, a tendency to withdraw. And ultimately, perhaps we each need to create our own symbol of grieving - to wear our version of black, or maybe to color with black... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, August 18, 2022
"In order to heal, you have to first be broken." - Renee Dyer, Eyes Wide Open Own the fact that you are devastated by your loss. There is no shame in feeling grief. Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, August 17, 2022
"Laine taped the last box shut. That was it, then: All of Gavin's belongings put away; some for charity, some for the dump, some to be saved for a happier 'one day' that Laine felt, right now, was as distant as the stars." - Stephen M. Irwin, The Dead Path Packing up someone's personal effects can... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, August 16, 2022
"She lost much of her appetite. At night, an invisible hand kept shaking her awake every few hours. Grief was physiological, a disturbance of the blood. Sometimes a whole minute would pass in nameless dread - the bedside clock ticking, the blue moonlight coating the window like glue - before she'd... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, August 15, 2022
"Before I lost my father, I never understood the rituals surrounding funerals: the wake, the service itself, the reception afterward,the dinners prepared by well-meaning friends and delivered in plastic containers, even the popular habit of making poster boards filled with photos of the dear... Sign in to see full entry.