The grief from losing a child is the hardest thing I have ever experienced in my life. There is also another grief present in my life right now that I can't explain due to depth and freshness of the grief. Furthermore, it's not only my grief to explain. But...it, also has been a very difficult grief to work through and to accept.
In the last year, it seems I have been doing more writing for memorial services than blogging or working. That’s what it has felt like anyway. It’s been a challenging year to say the least.
First, it was the passing of my childhood best friend’s father, someone I had grown to know as part of my own family.
Recently I found myself preparing my home for a possible category five hurricane. My husband was confident that if the storm hit at full force, we would lose our roof. I froze on the couch while I contemplated what it meant if I lost all my possessions. I think I sat for about ten minutes.
Loss and loneliness often go together
“People say they know what I’m going through. No, they don’t. They can’t,” Carter said.
Grief is lonely. No one knows exactly how you feel. It was your relationship and your loss – yours alone.
From the Grieving Heart…
I feel alone.
When you lose a loved one, i.e., sibling, spouse, child, etc., you do not just lose the person, but the role they played in your life. This can become compounded depending on the age at the time of death and the manner in which they died.
When you lose a loved one, i.e., sibling, spouse, child, etc., you do not just lose the person, but the role they played in your life. This can become compounded depending on the age at the time of death and the manner in which they died.
"I'll always grieve, but I'll somehow learn to live again," Will said.
Grief is hard work but if you do the work healing can occur. Grieving is mentally, physically and emotionally exhausting but if you accept the grief, accept the pain, accept the tears you can come out the other side.
I feel that this life is not fair
That at times there’s just loss and despair
And they tell me that Heaven is bliss
And that Hell is the life that I miss
They say to hold onto the time
When I held you back when you were mine
Before God took you to away
And left me alone in the grey
“I’m terrified. I’m afraid of everything now,” Eddy said, her head in her hands.
