Grief Quotes and Notes - Blogithttps://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Grief_Thoughts/I will take grief quotes and add my thoughts.hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Grief_Thoughts/997697"What were you going to make for Christmas dinner?" one of my older children asked in a very reasonable tone. I cleared my throat, but couldn't speak. There was no real explanation for my behavior. I'd been so intent on getting through this first Christmas without David. I'd found new rituals to...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Grief_Thoughts/997680"Accepting death doesn't mean you won't be devastated when someone you love dies. It means you will be able to focus on your grief, unburdened by bigger existential questions like, "Why do people die?" and "Why is this happening to me?" Death isn't happening to you. Death is happening to us all."...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Grief_Thoughts/997648"I had met death before, in different forms--I knew quite well the pattern of my grieving. First came shock, and then tears, and then a bitter anger, followed by a softer grief that time would wear away." - Susanna Kearsley, The Splendor Falls Even if you know the expected order of grief, the...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Grief_Thoughts/997628"Love is infinite. Grief can lead to love. Love can lead to grief. Grief is a love story told backward just as love is a grief story told backward." - Bridget Asher Love and grief are intertwined. You know that better than anyone.https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Grief_Thoughts/997606"You endure what is supposedly unbearable, and before you know it, you would have done the impossible by bearing the unbearable." - Donovan. People told you things would slowly get better, but until you survive the first year of grief, that can be hard to believe. Looking back, you have made it...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Grief_Thoughts/997558"You endure what is supposedly unbearable, and before you know it, you would have done the impossible by bearing the unbearable." - Donovan People told you things would slowly get better, but until you survive the first year of grief, that can be hard to believe. Looking back, you have made it...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Grief_Thoughts/997530"My pain builds like storm clouds-massive, dark, and heavy with teardrops. Moisture falls torrential as if my world is a violent, eternal downpour; however, at long last the source runs dry and the bitter storm does cease. Blue skies dare to glow where the gloom has dissipated. I breathe it in,...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Grief_Thoughts/997509"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...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Grief_Thoughts/997485"You endure what is supposedly unbearable, and before you know it, you would have done the impossible by bearing the unbearable." - Donovan People told you things would slowly get better, but until you survive the first year of grief, that can be hard to believe. Looking back, you have made it...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Grief_Thoughts/992596"For each person I lost I found a new layer of grief to cover myself with, and each time I tried to bring something of their essence into my own being - be it unconditional love, kindness, and piety." - A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Like your relationships in life, each grieving period is unique. Thinking...