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06/09/2018

Missing, Wanting and Needing - Day #38
When your grief is new, all you can feel is the emptiness; the missing, the wanting, and the needing to see them one more time. There is truly a vacuum in your heart and life; a deeply empty space, and you’re sure nothing will ever fill the void.

And, for a long time, nothing does. In fact, I don’t think it’s a process of filling the space, but rather one where the space shrinks ever smaller. It doesn’t go away all together, but it will become less through time.

Quotation for the Day
"The problem with death is absence." ~ Roger Rosenblatt
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06/08/2018

Anniversaries - Day #37
It’s the little things that can “trip you up” along your journey through grief. The songs, the smells…and the special days you shared with your loved one.

I remember one day in the grocery store quite clearly. My mother has been gone for 19 years, and I rarely come back to that grieving place around the loss. But, as I walked the aisle, a Patsy Cline song came over the speakers…one she used to cry over. And, guess what? I found myself crying for her all over again - despite the intervening years.

You can’t be prepared for those unexpected moments. You just have to roll with them, like the surging waves along the shore. But you can prepare for the anniversaries and what I call the “high holy days” of the relationship: birthdays, Valentine’s Day, or the day you met.

Plan to do something unique to mark the day - a ritual of love to further cement the bond between you.

Quotation for the Day
"Ah, woe is me! Winter is come and gone,
But grief returns with the revolving year." ~ Percy Bysshe Shelly
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06/07/2018

Peace - Day #35
For me, it’s tending my African violets. Or creating a stained glass window. What is it you love to do? Perhaps it’s been a long time since you’ve taken the time to get busy with something you enjoy: cooking, gardening, or other outdoor activity. Whatever you did, do it again. Even if it’s just for 30 minutes. You’ll find great peace in doing so.

Quotation for the Day
"Great peace is found in little busy-ness." ~ Chaucer
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