Words for the Journey

"In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all…it comes with bitterest agony…Perfect relief is not possible except with time. You cannot realize that you will ever feel better…and yet this is a mistake. You are sure to be happy again. To know this, which is certainly true, will make you some less miserable now.

Thinking of upcoming Valentine’s Day sends me back wistfully to a much lighter time in my past, a memory of the last Valentine's Day before Nina died. Chris and Nina had been dating for about two months. He was her first "real" boyfriend. Chris was a wonderful young man, just the kind that a mom would approve of.

Co-hosts, mother, daughter team, Gloria Horsley Ph.D. and Heidi Horsley Psy.D interview guests: Chandrama Anderson, MFT, and author of No U-Turn at Mercy Street: A Memoir and Resource Guide for Grieving Parents, G. David Adamson MD, Director of Fertility Physicians of Northern California, Clinical Professor Stanford University School of Medicine and Beth Jaeger-Skigen, LCSW.

"I’ve Got You Babe" Is Forever

 When you had to leave,I felt my heart split in two. The edges were jagged and I was hollow.

 

Knowing this,you gently cupped my broken heartin your hands and said“I’ve got you babe.”

 

Cliché – n. A stereotyped expression; a sentence or phrase, usually expressing a thought or idea that has lost originality and impact by overuse.Condolence – n. An expression of sympathy, especially on the occasion of a death.

 Wallowing Through The Muck 

A very wonderful and wise person once told me when I was going through some tough days, (and we all have them) to be very frugal with my spoons...When I asked her what she meant, she said...Cathy, you are given 10 spoonfuls of energy a day.. thats it..when they are gone, you crash.

Ancient CallingToday my heart soarsas sacred family gathersin this powerful yet gentlehealing space, to breathe lifeand energy into our intentionof healing Mother Earthand all living things. An ancient calling has sounded.One by one we heed the call,

I sense there are other widows that felt vulnerable after their spouses died just as I did. In my denial of grief, about the 3 to 4 month marker, I admit I started to yearn for a male's touch.

Expert information about grief after suicide -- plus links to nearly a hundred of the top resources for survivors of suicide loss and those who care for them -- are available from the Suicide Grief Support Quick Reference.

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Don’t let the door hit you in the bum on the way out!  Such a saying.  How many times have I heard that, or wanted to tell someone that?  The infamous door; we all walk out of them everyday.  Sometimes it’s an angry walk as we posture for power, and make a statement.