This came across my inbox today and I wanted to share it. I absolutely am not telling you to SHAKE IT OFF that your baby died. I am glad for the reminder that each trial I have makes me who I am and I can let them bury me or I can let them lift me. I have grown and changed so much by Gabriel's short life.
Tips for Letting Go of Grief and Stepping into Kingdom Living
Our 2012 Bobby Resciniti Healing Hearts Charity Dinner was held on November 9th, 2012 at The Marriott Hotel and Convention Center.
We sold out once again with 800 people in attendance. It was a great evening of Faith, Hope and Love! Thanks to all of our unselfish volunteers that made the evening so successful. Highlights of the evening:
By Dora Carpenter Submitted On November 06, 2012
Someone recently said to me, “Yeah it’s easy once you don’t have to go through anything any longer.” Was that person ever wrong! When you lose someone that you have deeply loved—when you lose the only person that ever loved you unconditionally—that pain is always there.
This will be the fifth holiday season without my daughter Nina here in the physical sense. I find that I am far enough along in my grief to find memories to smile about now, but still close enough to remember those first few years and the piercing stab of pain in my heart that went along with them.
The following is a gift from Harold Ivan Smith, noted writer, teacher, storyteller and grief expert.
