Category: Grief
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Anger In Grief
Regardless of how you lost your child, when you lost them, or their age, you’re going to go through the anger stage. That’s OKAY! And it’s normal. Now what? #TeamAlex #Forever16
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We Don’t Move On From Grief
Please don’t ever expect someone who has experienced a deep loss to “move on” because that is not reality.
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How To Love Someone Through Grief
When someone dies there are things that have to be done. It’s inevitable. And someone has to do it. Someone has to deal with; memorial arrangements, medical expenses/bills, work obligations, child care or school issues, life insurance, attorney appointments for probate and/or last will and testament, homes and personal effects, possible police reports, bedrooms, family…
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Numbness
Why doesn’t anyone talk about this stage of the grieving process? The act of going completely numb? Being able to walk through the day as if everything is fine. Being able to smile and converse but feeling almost nothing. Even being able to laugh and seem completely normal. Nobody talks about this stage. Why? Because…
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This is it….
Do you know what happens? Everything changes. Everyone changes. Nothings the same. Rooms are empty. Spaces are quiet. Clothes lay unworn and windows closed. There’s nothing…..except memories. Photos. Videos. Whisps of sound waves that I pray never get lost or deleted. The hint of a touch or a smell that reminds me. You were here…once.…
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…(sigh)…
Writing from my bed because it hurts too much to face a new day. This week had some challenges and you came up more often than you have, outside of home, the previous few. We had to talk to others about you and it hurt to say certain words. Some days are harder than others.…
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I’ll never get used to it
Grief seems to be the one constant in my life. Losing someone dear to you is always hard but when it’s someone who hadn’t even lived life it’s heart wrenching. The world has lost another young soul that left many behind wondering “What could we have done?” There are so many questions and few answers.…
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Life Changes, Guaranteed
You’ve heard the saying “There’s only two guarantees in life, paying taxes and death”? Well I will challenge that saying…there’s only one guarantee in life, change. Life is in a constant flux of change. No matter how much we think we have it figured out, no matter how much control we erroneously think we have,…
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