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01/17/2025

"It amazes me what humans can do, even when streams are flowing down their faces and they stagger on, coughing and searching, and finding."

- Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

Look back and feel proud of the times you put on a brave face. Keep going!

01/16/2025

"This is your loss.
Grieve as you must.
Do what it takes to heal."

- Unknown

It is helpful to find people to talk with and grieve with as you heal. Always remember, however, that it is your process and your decision how you go through this.

01/15/2025

"It seemed like a mistake. And mistakes ought to be rectified, only this one couldn't be. Between the way things used to be and the way they were now was a void that couldn't be crossed. I had to find an explanation other than the real one, which was that we were no more immune to misfortune than anybody else, and the idea that kept recurring to me...was that I had inadvertently walked through a door that I shouldn't have gone through and couldn't get back to the place I hadn't meant to leave. Actually, it was other way round: I hadn't gone anywhere and nothing was changed, so far as the roof over our heads was concerned, it was just that she was in the cemetery."

- William Maxwell, So Long, See You Tomorrow

With so many other parts of your life that are sad, you can take action to "fix" what is wrong. With death, there is no way to rectify the situation. You have to find a place of acceptance. That is the journey you are on now - one that you certainly didn't want to be a part of. You cannot change what has happened, but need to work towards feeling better.

01/14/2025

"I will not forget you. I have written your name on the palms of my hands."

- Isaiah 49:15-16

There is comfort in the concept that your loved one is always with you in your heart.

01/13/2025

"For grief is felt not so much for the want of what we have never known, as for the loss of that to which we have been long accustomed."

- Pericles

The ordinary things are the things you probably miss the most. The phone calls, the emails, or the private jokes are the parts of our lives that create the biggest holes when they are taken from us. It will take time to build some new memories and relationships, but if you put forth the effort, you will reconnect.

01/13/2025

"Great griefs exhaust. They discourage us with life. The man into whom they enter feels something taken from him. In youth, their visit is sad; later on, it is ominous."

- Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

As part of the grieving process, some people find that they sleep more than normal. If you are struggling to return to your normal sleep schedule, it may help to increase your level of exercise. By taking a walk when you feel like you want to take a nap, you may increase your ability to stay awake longer and improve your mood as well.

01/10/2025

"For in grief nothing "stays put." One keeps on emerging from a phase, but it always recurs. Round and round. Everything repeats. Am I going in circles, or dare I hope I am on a spiral?

But if a spiral, am I going up or down it?

How often -- will it be for always? -- how often will the vast emptiness astonish me like a complete novelty and make me say, "I never realized my loss till this moment"? The same leg is cut off time after time."

- C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed

Working through grief is not like learning to ride a bicycle or how to swim. There's no moment where you can definitively say you've "mastered" grief. Rather, it is a somewhat frustrating process of small achievements followed by a series of setbacks. That is why reaching out to others to talk about the way you are feeling as you work through the process is so critical.

01/09/2025

"What I was afraid of was my own grief, the weight of it, the ineluctable corrosive force of it, and the stark awareness I had of being, for the first time in my life, entirely alone, a Crusoe shipwrecked and stranded in the limitless wastes of a boundless and indifferent ocean."

- John Banville

The feeling of being completely alone as you grieve is normal, and may come to you in waves. When you feel despondent, keep in mind that even though it may not seem temporary, the feeling will pass as you re engage with the things and people in your life.

01/08/2025

"Grief is a curious thing, when it happens unexpectedly. It is a Band-Aid being ripped away, taking the top layer off a family. And the underbelly of a household is never pretty, ours no exception. There were times I stayed in my room for days on end with headphones on, if only so that I would not have to listen to my mother cry. There were the weeks that my father worked round-the-clock shifts, so that he wouldn't have to come home to a house that felt too big for us."

- Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper

As you go through your grief process, make sure that you are aware of the impact you may be having on those around you. Even if it's difficult, make the effort to keep your home life as normal as possible. The people in your life are concerned about you, and will be upset to see you suffering. Take the time to share how you are feeling, and not isolate yourself from those who care about you.

01/07/2025

"What's even more messed up than funerals, is the way people treat you after the funeral. Like you're diseased or something."

- Denise Jaden, Losing Faith

Initiate conversations with people you suspect feel a bit uncertain what to say to you. Making them comfortable will help you feel better and more connected too.

01/06/2025

"When I saw your strand of hair I knew that grief is love turned into an eternal missing."

- Rosamund Lupton, Sister

Finding something that belonged to your loved one that you forgot about is such a bittersweet surprise. Eventually, those moments will make you smile more than they make your cry.

01/06/2025

"We all have our sorrows, and although the exact delinaments, weight and dimensions of grief are different for everyone, the color of grief is common to us all.

I know, he said, because he was human, and therefore, in a way, he did."

- Diane Setterfield, The Thirteenth Tale

When you look at people on the street or on television, do you categorize them as those who have grieved and those who have not? It feels like the world is now divided into two camps. The grief process is so intense yet so universal, that it can help you form an instant bond with a stranger.

01/06/2025

"Everyone was eating, talking softly, glancing at me, hugging me, eating. It was as if someone had turned the volume down. Everything looked normal, but the sound was muted. Death did this, set all this weirdness in motion, made people appear out of nowhere carrying casseroles, saying 'I'm sorry' over and over, death muffled their voices."

- Joan Abelove, Saying it Out Loud

There are moments during the initial grieving period where you feel almost as if you are watching yourself going through the motions. You are in shock, even if the death was expected. Look back at that person. Do you recognize yourself? You have already moved on and started to heal from this terrible event. Feel good about the progress you have made so far and realize that you will continue to grow.

01/03/2025

"Emma dropped the paper. Her first impression was of a weak feeling in her stomach and in her knees; then of blind guilt, of unreality, of coldness, of fear; then she wished that it were already the next day. Immediately afterwards she realized that that wish was futile because the death of her father was the only thing that had happened in the world, and it would go on happening endlessly."

- Jorge Luis Borges, The Aleph and Other Stories

It is hard to not relive the moment you found out your loved one passed away again and again. It is like watching a movie where part of you hopes there will be a different outcome, yet you simultaneously know that the end result cannot be changed. Perhaps people relive that memory to try to finally find acceptance. Know that you will not always feel the need to replay it so often as you become more resigned to what has happened.

01/02/2025

"The worst of it is over now, and I can't say that I am glad. Lose that sense of loss - you have gone and lost something else. But the body moves toward health. The mind, too, in steps. One step at a time. Ask a mother who has just lost a child, How many children do you have? "Four," she will say, " - three," and years later, "Three," she will say, " - four."

- Amy Hempel, The Collected Stories

One of the hardest parts of grieving is finding a balance between your grieving and your healing. You may feel off-center as you try to navigate the uncertainty of the transition between extreme, raw grief, and the gradual acceptance of your loss.

01/02/2025

"Grief was like a seizure that shook me like a storm."

- Patricia Cornwell, The Body Farm

Be sure to eat healthy foods. While you have heard this all your life, it is especially important when you are grieving. Your body needs healthy foods to help you maintain yourself and begin to feel good again.

12/31/2024

"The closest bonds we will ever know are bonds of grief. The deepest community one of sorrow."

- Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses

If you have not done so already, look into joining a grief support group. If you have, reach out to one of the fellow members and be a shoulder to cry on or a friend to listen. Bonding with others and connecting with people who have experienced loss is an important part of your healing process.

12/31/2024

"How many times can a heart be shattered and still be pieced back together? How many times before the damage is irreparable?"

- Gwenn Wright, The BlueStocking Girl

No matter how hard it is to get through each day, know that you are actually a lot stronger than you think you are.

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