Eventually you have to come out of the depths of your grief. You can’t stay swallowed up in the overwhelming sorrow and excruciating pain that takes over you when you lose someone you love. Taking the first steps into your new … Continue reading
Category Archives: Being Real
This journey called grief is not for the faint of heart. As with any journey you embark on there are high and low points along the way, but you can’t see them until you are right on top of them. … Continue reading
Each journey of grief is unique and because of that truth those that are grieving often feel alone. You can’t understand why someone grieves the way they do or even why their grief journey seems to be moving at a … Continue reading
Comfort. Grief. Pain. At first glance these words don’t seem like they should be put together…but I’m learning that they all have to work together. They won’t work together from the beginning stages of your grief and you can’t force yourself to … Continue reading
Time marches on. It doesn’t stop for anyone or anything…no matter how much we want it to. When you’re in the midst of grief, this just seems wrong. Time should stand still. Life can’t possibly go on because that means … Continue reading
When you lose someone you love and the grief first hits, the pain is so intense that you struggle to breathe. As time slowly moves on and life starts to get back to “normal”, the intense pain that accompanies grief … Continue reading
Most of the journeys that we will face in life can be planned out and prepared for prior to beginning them. Often there are check lists created and tasks that must be completed prior to the start of each one. … Continue reading
The first person I remember losing was my great-grandfather on my dad’s side. As a Navy Brat I moved around quite a bit, so I wasn’t able to have a close relationship with him, but I have fond memories of … Continue reading
Today my heart is broken. I can’t catch my breath and memories keep flooding through my mind. Memories of times gone by filled with laughter shared, big dreams spoken out loud, loving embraces and tears shed over shattered moments of … Continue reading
Crazy busy days have been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. From the moment I get up to the moment I make myself lay down I am constantly getting something done and then pushing … Continue reading
