"We bereaved are not alone. We belong to the largest company in all the world--the company of those who have known suffering." - Helen Keller, We Bereaved There will be times when you mourn the person you were before you experienced the loss of a loved one. Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, November 14, 2022
Sunday, November 13, 2022
"Take any emotion - love for a woman, or grief for a loved one, or what I'm going through, fear and pain from a deadly illness. If you hold back on the emotions - if you don't allow yourself to go all the way through them - you can never get to being detached, you're too busy being afraid. You're... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, November 12, 2022
"Nix still held Benny's hand, and her grip tightened to an almost crushing force, grinding his hand bones together. It hurt, but Benny would rather have cut that hand off than take it back at that moment. If it would help Nix through this, he'd give her a pair of pliers and a vise so she could do a... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, November 11, 2022
"A shade of sorrow passed over Taliesin's face. 'There are those,' he said gently, 'who must first learn loss, despair, and grief. Of all paths to wisdom, this is the cruelest and longest. Are you one who must follow such a way? This even I cannot know. If you are, take heart nonetheless. Those who... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, November 10, 2022
"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.
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.