" Mrs. Sussex said Byron's loss would grow more bearable. But here was the nub: he didn't want to lose his loss. Loss was all he had left of his mother. If time healed the gap, it would be as if she'd never been there." - Rachel Joyce, Perfect Grief keeps your relationship with your loved one at the... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, April 6, 2025
Saturday, April 5, 2025
"Grief can destroy you - or focus you. You can decide a relationship was all for nothing if it had to end in death, and you alone. Or you can realize that every moment of it had more meaning than you dared to recognize at the time, so much meaning it scared you, so you just lived, just took for... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, April 4, 2025
"In grief, part of the pain comes from our feeling that we should not suffer so - that it is fundamentally alien to our being, this even though we all suffer, and frequently. Yet we reject suffering as a fundamental human truth while embracing joy as an integral part of our very being. - Wendy... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Perhaps this is a second doctoral program: advanced learning about life, death, marriage, motherhood, family, faith, patience, and prayer. My degree will be Doctor of Life, and I will be in good company. Many of us earn our 'Doctor of Life' degrees. - Christina G. Hibbert, Psy.D. Like an academic... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
"Suffering ain't a favor we do for the dead. If Remy was to see me now, he'd want the both of us to carry on without him. Remy knew I loved him while he was here, and now he ain't, and that's an end to it. Ain't no use in resting in the past nor leaning heavily onto grief." - Samuel Snoek-Brown,... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
"Never compare your grief. You - and only you walk your path." - Nathalie Himmelrich, Grieving Parents: Surviving Loss as a Couple How long did it take you to learn to read?...to drive?...to commit to a relationship? Grief is as personal as every other part of your life. Do not worry because you... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, March 31, 2025
"We do not have control over many things in life and death, but we do have control over the meaning we give it." - Nathalie Himmelrich, Grieving Parents: Surviving Loss as a Couple Your grief has probably been the driving force in your life for months now. When you're not actively grieving, you have... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, March 30, 2025
"Sorrow on another's face often looks like coldness, bitterness, resentment, unfriendliness, apathy, disdain, or disinterest when it is in truth purely sadness." - Richelle E. Goodrich Make an effort to reach out to someone who appears closed off or unfriendly. You may discover that they are... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, March 29, 2025
"This is the real power of joy, to make us certain that, beneath all grief, the most fundamental of realities is joy itself." - Wendy Beckett, Sister Wendy's Meditations on Joy The percentages of joy and sorrow in your life have been skewed for a long time. Sorrow has been dominant, and happiness... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, March 28, 2025
"She was no longer wrestling with the grief, but could sit down with it as a lasting companion and make it a sharer in her thoughts." - George Eliot Somehow, your grief becomes another part of you. It doesn't happen overnight, but at some point, you will become aware that it is just another... Sign in to see full entry.