"You cannot die of grief, though it feels as if you can. A heart does not actually break, though sometimes your chest aches as if it is breaking. Grief dims with time. It is the way of things. There comes a day when you smile again, and you feel like a traitor. How dare I feel happy. How dare I be... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, March 27, 2022
Saturday, March 26, 2022
"Unfortunately, there is no expiration date on grief." - Elizabeth Czukas. Did you think that your grief period would be over in three months and complete within a year? Put away your calendar. You will feel frustrated if you put a timetable on this process. Just know that grieving will continue for... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, March 25, 2022
"Grief can destroy you - or focus you. You can decide a relationship was all for nothing if it had to end in death and you are alone. Or you can realize that every moment of it had more meaning than you dared to recognize at the time, so much meaning it scared you, so you just lived, just took for... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, March 24, 2022
"Maybe this is a second doctoral program: advanced learning about life, death, marriage, mothering, family, faith, patience, prayer. My degree will be 'Doctor of Life,' and I will be in good company. So many of us earn our 'Doctor of Life' degrees." - Christina G. Hibbert Psy.D. Like an academic... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
"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 you hadn't had the closeness you now miss so much? If the answer is no, take 5 minutes to... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, March 22, 2022
"Sorrow on another's face often looks like coldness, bitterness, resentment, unfriendliness, apathy, disdain, or disinterest when it is in truth purely sadness." - Richelle E. Goodrich Make the effort to reach out to someone who appears closed off or unfriendly. You may discover that they are... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, March 21, 2022
"This is the real power of joy, to make us certain that, beneath all grief, the most fundamental of realities is joy itself." - Wendy Beckett, Sister Wendy's Meditations on Joy. The percentages of joy and sorrow in your life have been skewed for a long time. The sorrow has been dominant, and the... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, March 20, 2022
"The people who have the best advice are usually the ones who have been through the most." - Anonymous. Some day, you will be an enormous comfort to someone else who is experiencing loss. There is a wisdom that comes from this terrible journey you are on right now. Sign in to see full entry.