grief
November 14, 2008
- Love, for the will to go on… As I personally found through grieving the loss of our loved ones through death, divorce, or separation, there is a natural process that is in us to eventually heal. Just as everything in nature, we are blessedly created by God to naturally come through the grieving process when losing loved ones. In due time and prayer we eventually begin to understand ...
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November 12, 2008
- If there was a part of your life you could pluck out like a splinter, what would it be? What would you grasp with the tweezers (or pliers) and wrench out of the chain of your life? I can think of a dozen or so occurrences, ripping out pain and suffering and hardship and terror and grief. For about a second, I feel illuminated by the thought of this pain never having touched me, and then I ...
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November 9, 2008
November 6, 2008
- Back in 1992, my cat Jen died. Actually, she didn't just die. One minute I was looking out the window, seeing her sitting near our front steps. Five minutes later, the neighbor came over to tell me my cat was dead in the street, apparently hit by a car. Even writing about this cat 16 years later brings me to tears. She was a fire cat, a kitten who survived the Oakland Hills Fire. My ...
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November 2, 2008
- Grief I want to cryto blow the peel of griefthat enlaced my heart I want to cryto be a tear at allin the darkness of the grief Flowers let get drunkin the garden that I'm notto get completly dry This is my second poetry from my book ''Jokerian Smile'',translated from Ariana Sahiti ( one very talented student.).
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October 29, 2008
- The Gems that she wore home… “Thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.” We were all in a fog …Dad and all her loved ones, including seventeen children. Our spouses and grandchildren were also there with us. We were all walking around like lost sheep, stunned and in disbelief. It had happened so fast, there was no warning. Mom had ...
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September 25, 2008
- Anger is insidious. It masks emotion and it can be masked by emotion.There are a few things I've learned about anger I'd like to share:Anger is not a base emotion. If you climb through the tree of emotions, seeking the root cause of a particular emotion, it will never be anger, it will always be some other emotion or condition.Anger masks emotions like fear and emotional pain, but anger can also ...
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September 23, 2008
- I'm sad today, melancholic and demoralized, acutely sensitive, choking up at songs on the radio, reliving old griefs.When I'm like this, a few things help: woods, tea, friends, honoring my emotions. It also helps me to reread my own work, in this case, a short story I wrote a few years ago called "The Hand Holder." I don't think it's a narcissistic move, to read my own stuff again. I ...
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July 24, 2008
- Vicki Forman's son died early this morning. I've never met Vicki in person, I never met her son Evan. I've never met her brilliant daughter or her handsome husband -- she's an Internet friend and colleague. It doesn't matter that we've never "met." She's extraordinary. As an advocate for children with special needs, she's mentored many. She writes exquisite essays and columns and blogs ...
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July 15, 2008
- Who do you call at 3am and the only thing you can do to stop from going insane is to scream into a pillow? Everyone else in your life has schedules, spouses, children, etc. and just simply aren't available when you need them the most. And what if they are there? What are they going to tell you -- pray? I believe in God with all of my heart, but I must be doing something wrong. I have ...
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