There are things that we don't want to happen but have to accept, things we don't want to know but have to learn, and people we can't live without but have to let go. You may not have reached a place of acceptance about your loss yet. There are people in your life who may assume you have come to... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, January 3, 2023
Monday, January 2, 2023
"A lot of things are inherent in life -change, birth, death, aging, illness, accidents, calamities, and losses of all kinds- but these events don't have to be the cause of ongoing suffering...If we dwelt on these positive states as much as we generally dwell on our negative thoughts and painful... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, January 1, 2023
"Love is an engraved invitation to grief." - Sunshine O'Donnell, Open Me Take a moment today to look at your loss from another perspective. Do you wish that you hadn't had that special relationship? Do you wish that you hadn't had the closeness that you now miss so much? If the answer is no, then... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, December 31, 2022
"Isn't it weird," I said, "the way you remember things, when someone's gone?" What do you mean?" I ate another piece of waffle. "When my dad first died, all I could think about was that day. It's taken me so long to be able to think back to before that, to everything else." Wes was nodding before I... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, December 30, 2022
"And perhaps there is a limit to the grieving that the human heart can do. As when one adds salt to a tumbler of water, there comes a point where simply no more will be absorbed." - Sarah Waters, The Little Stranger How long have I felt this way? It feels like forever. As each milestone, each... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, December 29, 2022
"Grief does not change you. It reveals you." - John Green, The Fault in Our Stars Your grief may be the greatest challenge you have ever faced and will test you unlike any other. In the end, you will develop a level of empathy and strength of character that you did not know you could have. You will... Sign in to see full entry.
"Grief does not change you. It reveals you." - John Green, The Fault in Our Stars Your grief may be the greatest challenge you have ever faced and will test you unlike any other. In the end, you will develop a level of empathy and strength of character that you did not know you could have. You will... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, December 28, 2022
"There are some who would vow that life isn't fair. They believe the worst is yet to come, that evil will always conquer good, and that we have no control over our fate. It's true, there are storms that shake our foundations and monsters that threaten to tear us limb from limb. We will make terrible... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, December 27, 2022
"It occurred to me that grief is like a tunnel. You enter it without a choice because you must get to the other side. The darkness of it plays tricks on you and sometimes you can even forget where you are or what your purpose is. I believe that people, now and again, get lost or stuck in that... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, December 26, 2022
"Yet that grief and this joy were alike outside all the ordinary conditions of life; they were loop-holes, as it were, in that ordinary life through which there came glimpses of something sublime. And in the contemplation of this sublime something the soul was exalted to inconceivable heights of... Sign in to see full entry.