Category: Grief
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How Beautiful Your Heart Is…
Choking on grief as it slowly creeps up like a long-lost friend. I hesitate to write on a public forum because some find joy in my grief. It is a settlement they feel owed to them. Yet, here I am, experiencing sorrow and missing so many I love and cherish. This is not to be…
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Not Up for Debate…
If there was one thing that I wish each of us could fully grasp is that our value is not up for debate. I could choose to delve into the varying issues within our society that reveal how much people do not feel valued and do not understand how priceless they are. Instead, the choices…
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There is a Time to Mourn…
I wouldn’t say that it comes naturally to look at, hold close or cherish grief and loss. But around 8 years ago I had some people in my life that were less than supportive after my mom passed. I remember being chewed out for not showing enough joy. I remember having more work put on…
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You are not alone…
Suffering is something all of us have in common. I don’t like it. I tend to want to run from pain. Only facing it and walking through it works. The door to healing can be opened when we grieve appropriately and walk through the pain and sorrow. Lamenting with hope that joy will rise. I…
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Goodbye…
Staring down grief is like staring into a deep dark tunnel. In the beginning, you may not even be able to see the light. As you walk through it, it can feel endless yet slowly but surely a light may begin to reveal itself at the end. The hardest part in our culture is that…
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A Friend Not a Foe
A song came on today that was played after a very difficult conversation with my kids. We had an unfair burden placed on us as parents to facilitate some impossible tasks. These tasks and expectations would have risked all we had built. We put calming music in the background as once again we had a…
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