I tell you, my idea of a ghost is something quite different. Dead men rise up never – read even your poets. Ghosts breed in the living.
The best time to talk to ghosts is just before the sun comes up. That's when they can hear us true.
Tell me there is still good in the world. Tell me there is still hope for all of us.
Grief is a hone to a hard mind.
There is nothing like feeling truly "awake" and aware of my life and what it means to me. So I look ahead and think, "There is still so much to be done, and I will continue to make the most of it.
I believe I gather strength from the generations of women who came before me - that together we all hold the suffering of the world.
The truth is, we never know what life will bring us and we don't have as much control as we might think we have. But we CAN choose how we walk through life and how we spend our time.
The intense roller coaster of emotions will gradually lesson over time. But there is no timeframe for the grieving process, and it will not be rushed, no matter how fast you'd like to "get over it." The reality is that there is no getting over it; yo...
I began to recognize that there was a part of me that was stronger than I ever could have imagined. I didn't know how I was still standing. I surprised myself. I was waking up to the fact that I was in charge of my own life and it was my choice wheth...
You have to do what feels right for you. Do not let anyone influence you otherwise. It is your mind, your heart, and your own internal wisdom that will lead you in the direction you need to go.
Once you have walked down the grief path, what you have gained on your journey may turn into invaluable advice for someone else.
We never truly "get over" a loss, but we can move forward and evolve from it.
Mothering while grieving should involve being understanding and keeping a gentle attitude toward yourself as you work to balance your own needs and your child's. You become stronger by remaining aware of your own well-being, which in turn makes you a...
Each loss brings growth with it, and learning to handle new experiences and taking charge of your needs is part of the transformative process.
Everything assumes a different intensity when you are feeling the pain of loss. Be prepared. A minor annoyance that you might once have managed with a shrug now becomes a nuclear crisis! You are no doubt going to do things perfectly imperfectly. That...
Journeying through grief is one of the most "normal human" experiences you can have. Nevertheless, all too frequently the heartbroken seem to feel alienated by society. Unfortunately in our culture, we are taught to hold our feelings in. If someone a...
Some of the choices you make might not always turn out to be the best ones, but at least you are learning as you go.
It's my own deep-rooted feeling that our souls never truly die and that life continues in some way. I know I need to have patience as my beliefs continue to evolve with my personal growth. As I've looked around at the things I do have in my life, I'v...
He'd lived long enough to know that everyone handled grief in different ways, and little by little, they all seemed to accept their new lives.
Small but growing is better than big and stuck.
Calvin : There's no problem so awful, that you can't add some guilt to it and make it even worse.
