"I know now what was happening to me, what was overwhelming me, what was about to consume and almost destroy me. Didier had even given me a name for it - assassin grief; he'd once called it: the kind of grief that lies in wait and attacks you from ambush with no warning and no mercy. I know now that... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, February 16, 2025
Saturday, February 15, 2025
"I had always turned to books, to knowledge, to help me get through everything in my life - and, sometimes, to escape it. But grief was a journey through a forest of razor blades. I walked through every painful inch of it - no shortcuts and no anesthesia." - Michele Bardsley, Don't Talk Back To Your... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, February 14, 2025
"What madness, to love a man as something more than human! I lived in a fever, convulsed with tears and sighs that allowed me neither rest nor peace of mind. My soul was a burden, bruised and bleeding. It was tired of the man who carried it, but I found no place to set it down to rest. Neither the... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, February 13, 2025
"[A] person whose head is bowed and whose eyes are heavy cannot look at the light."- Christine de Pizan, Ditié de Jehanne d'Arc/ Take an empty grocery bag and walk around your neighborhood. Pick up any trash you see along your route and dispose of it in the bag. Work towards making your environment... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
"Everyone who lives long enough to love deeply will experience great losses. Don't let fear of loss, or the losses themselves, take away your ability to enjoy the wonderful life that is yours." - Barbara "Cutie" Cooper, Fall in Love for Life: Inspiration from a 73-Year Marriage You may be leery of... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
"When things get really bad, you take comfort in the placeness of a place." - Banana Yoshimoto, The Lake Buy some fresh flowers for your home. They symbolize life and hope, two things that you need to focus on right now. Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, February 10, 2025
"I realized that it was not that I didn't want to go on without him. I did. It was just that I didn't know why I wanted to go on" - Kay Redfield Jamison, Nothing Was the Same Could you do something that you have never done before? This doesn't mean skydiving or running a marathon. Make your bed... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, February 9, 2025
"Still, everyone, including the abbot, had said that he was running away from his grief. They'd had no idea what they were talking about. He'd cradled his grief almost to the point of loving it. For so long, he refused to give it up because leaving it behind was like leaving her."- Sue Monk Kidd,... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, February 8, 2025
"You can't love your mother or father if you don't also have the capacity to grieve their deaths and, perhaps even more so, grieve parts of their lives." - Glenn Beck, The 7: Seven Wonders That Will Change Your Life It has been said that you never really grow up until you lose your parents. It feels... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, February 7, 2025
"Then one morning she'd begun to feel her sorrow easing, like something jagged that had cut into her so long it had finally dulled its edges, worn itself down. That same day Rachel couldn't remember which side her father had parted his hair on, and she'd realized again what she'd learned at five... Sign in to see full entry.