Beyond Grief: Only Time Will Tell.
I can’t handle grief. The loss of someone I love brings ultimate pain to my heart and soul. Time heals all… it’s bullshit.
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Light Up Your Grieving Heart.
We are walking hand in hand, my little legs pumping to keep up with his. “How fast can you go? Show me how fast we can go.” He liked to walk fast; New Yorkers walk fast, they just do. I am counting cracks in the sidewalk and hopping over them just like the rhyme says to do. We make a right, and ...
Replace ‘It Gets Better With Time’ With ‘This Sucks.’
Because time is just a reminder of all the days ahead that she won’t be here. All the days ahead that I will miss her more. Instead, tell me that you know it sucks. Because it does. That’s the truth. This sucks. Plain and simple. This is awful and horrible and heartbreaking. I need you to ...
Being Raw & Vulnerable With The Wolf At The Door.
Courage moves through the chaos, one steady step at a time. Your heartache is like a free fall. You can scramble to fill the void, grabbing for whatever fix you can to numb the jagged edges. You can also persevere with quiet dignity. In every moment there are choices, even in survival mode.
Surrendering To Grief. {poetry}
Today I do not fail. I allow the grief to overtake me.
To swallow me whole. To rip out my heart and have its way with me.
I succumb to its power.
Redefine the Present: What The F*ck Is A Moment Anyway?
Has anybody stopped to define exactly what we are talking about when we tell people to be in this somewhat mythological (and obviously desirable) thing called the moment? Google tells me it is a noun that means a very brief period of time.
Grief: An Unruly Companion.
As painful as this experience was, it was also the most sacred moment of my life. How grateful I felt to have been a witness to his life and his death. And how unsettling to be in the presence of death and yet feel so alive, so broken with sorrow and yet so riveted by the magnitude and majesty ...
The Heart Of Bravery: How To Love Someone Who Is Grieving.
The truth is that grief -- like any other hardship -- is a seed full of immeasurable potential for growth and development. It is both an honor and a miracle to bear witness to the transformation and enrichment a person can undergo after a trauma.
No Goodbye: Bearing Grief.
In a strange and surreal way, the unexpected and traumatic loss of my child by suicide disintegrated my core sense of who I thought I was. The hope that I held was ripped away forever. Quietly and insidiously, trauma explodes the mind and greatly intensifies emotions. Trauma stimulates, ...