A sympathy card may seem like a small gesture for someone experiencing a tragic loss but to the person receiving them it can mean the world. Essentially, at this point the person grieving really would like sympathy card messages that are from the heart. If you can demonstrate a sincere empathy with your condolence messages you will seem like a person who genuinely understands.
When things are chaotic we run with the bulls at Pamplona or we scurry for the privacy of shelter. Both these leave us scared of our true feelings. One embraces activity as a cover for denial. The other embraces solitude - even from the self... Feeling when there's no feeling left is, however, a pliable response to this astonishing vertigo.
The pain of loosing a loved one can be overwhelming. This article contains steps on how to cope with the loss.
When I was a kid and when my kids were kids (and sometimes today) there was a constant thought and words spoken: "That's not fair." The typical response my parents gave and I gave my kids is/was "Life is not fair.
It’s been a while since I posted on this series, but this post is a continuation of my generated list of 30 words that could be used to describe grief. Obviously this list relates to my experience with grief, so I am interested to see if anyone else can relate with this word. I plan on continuing [...]
Honouring our pain validates it. It characterises the real 'us'. And as we move past the sting of our pain, the memory of how we learned to cope glows fondly within. We will say: "We got through; we learned; we recovered."
