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Validation Comes From Within

I am my own evidence.

I'm fourteen months into my journey of grief. Fourteen months since the day when I felt my heart literally break and my world stop turning. Never in a million years did I expect to lose my brother when I was only 26 years old.

While attending Jared's second Memorial

 I hear it quite often asked of me, “How Do I Live Without Them since They’ve Died?”  I want to help you to change that question.

 I ask you to replace this question with, “How can I honor my loved one’s Legacy and Keep them alive within the Hearts of Those who love them since they have Graduated in their Life’s Journey to Heaven?”

OVERCOMING THE PAIN OF GRIEF

“When did they offer the roller-coaster training? Somehow I missed that,” Sally said.

Sally’s husband Ron died a week prior. Once the arrangements were done and the funeral was over, grief hit her like a relentless tsunami.

Grief does strange things to us. It buffets the heart and shakes the soul. It’s confusing and frustrating. We can be shocked by its depth and power. 

That's what we are... forever moms. One does not know a moms heartache unless they are a mom with that heartache. This does not mean that others losses are any less than a mothers, but it does mean that unless you are a mother you will not understand why, as a mom, we feel that our loss is more.

Missing you affects everything.

My sleep,

My dreams,

My awake.

My past,

My today,

My future.

I’m living each day as best I can

because I know you would want that.

But life isn’t about just making it through a day.

It is about being and feeling alive.

Yes, I DO still talk to my husband