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Words for the Journey

Discover a sanctuary of perspectives, tools, and shared experiences written for people living with grief.

Silent rides......

RosalieYanez-Young
RosalieYanez-Young
Silent rides and tear filled eyes,For answers why I look to the skies.Memories paint bright cheerful pictures,But the pain lingers like a cemented fixture.I carry you within my heart,Like a mosaic window you were a piece of art,
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Advice from a Griever: How to Survive a Loss in the New Year

KarynArnold
KarynArnold

In my personal and professional experience I have found that, overall, people like to help each other. It’s a general statement, but there are signs of it everywhere, and I think we find our true joy and purpose when we are helping another person. Not only is it the kindness we often get in return, but that feeling of having something to offer that makes it so great.

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Love is Grief?

CherryVanla
CherryVanla
Yes, if you did not love, there would be no grief. We grieve for the loss of that love, their presence, hugs, kisses, conversations, and time spent together.Some grieve openly, frequently, sometimes loudly, with tears falling like rain.  While others grieve quietly as tears slowly fall.
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Holiday Reflections on the Gifts We Have Received

KarynArnold
KarynArnold

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While we spend time this holiday season online and in stores trying to find just the right gift for our family and friends, we may find there is a certain emptiness to it.

In most cases, the grief tends to fog our view of the joy so many others are feeling. But perhaps another reason is because we know that the best gifts we can give and receive are those that can’t be bought.

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Been a year

JustinAaronHorst
JustinAaronHorst
Its been a year now/a year of a long  gloomy hovering cloud/daughters doing well getting smarter you'd be so proud/thanksgiving didn't feel right/felt like you should of been right by our side/worlds moving fast/but i wish that last minute didn't go so fast/i still see you standing where you would of stood/its a dark gloomy Christmas this year in our hood/wish i would of  noticed and
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Time, hope, faith and beliief

TammyEisenberg
TammyEisenberg
It's so hard at times to continue with such pain,everyone always say it's all the same,When in reality it's not What did you say? You forgot?let me tell you a storyit won't be all sad, but it is my storythat makes me happy n full of gloryfor all I have conquered and for all I have doneI just got a medal saying I have won
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BattleBorn

TammyEisenberg
TammyEisenberg
i often wonder what it would be like to have not been hurt or cryi often wonder where would I like to be and there's not a why,it just is, and was and all turned out greatjust celebrated our 14th year of what was faithI knew someday I would be happy againi just wasn't sure how or whenSo here I am I've become known 
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