“Sometimes the grief was nearby, waiting, just barely held back, and I could ignore it for a while. But at other times it was like a cup that was always full and kept spilling over.”Continue reading
Tag: sorrow
Charles Fletcher Lummis Quote
I am bigger than anything that can happen to me. All these things, sorrow, misfortune, and suffering, are outside my door. I am in the house and I have the key.~Charles Fletcher Lummis
Grief Quote
People think grief somehow fades with time. “Time heals,” they say. What a crock. There’s no cure for this. You can’t accept it. You can’t absorb it. Grief is a rabid animal you hold atContinue reading
Johnny Depp Quote
People cry, not because they’re weak. It’s because thy’ve been strong for too long.~Johnny Depp
Grief Quote
It can be so challenging when people do not understand your pain. They suggest that you “move on”, that you should be done by now. They don’t mean to be unkind — they simply cannotContinue reading
Grief Quote
The expectation that we “get over” or “move on” from a profound loss or crisis is not only unrealistic, but it may even be harmful in its call to amputate grief rather than integrate itContinue reading
Losing a Loved One Quote
Losing a loved one is torture, especially for those left behind. They say time heals all wounds. It doesn’t. It just patches a broken heart. It doesn’t get any easier over time. You just learnContinue reading
Grief Quote
“If grief were a force of nature it would be the sea, that rose and rose higher like waves, each blow leaving you breathless, each wave greater than the last, hitting you quicker than youContinue reading
Grief Quote
The dead leave their shadows, an echo of the space within which once they lived. They haunt us, never fading or growing older as we do. The loss we grieve is not just their futuresContinue reading
Grief Quote
They say time heals all wounds, but I disagree. Grief never ends, it just changes. You learn how to live with it, rebuild yourself from the shattered pieces around you until you’re whole again, butContinue reading
Grief Journey Quote
I had always turned to books, to knowledge, to help me get through everything in my life-and, sometimes, to escape it. But grief was a journey through a forest of razor blades. I walked throughContinue reading
Grief Quote
People talk about the pain of grief, but I don’t know what they mean. To me, grief is a devastating numbness, every sensation dulled.~Veronica Roth
Grief Poem
A Thousand times we needed you.A thousand times we cried.If love alone could have saved you,you never would have died.A heart of gold stopped beating;two twinkling eyes closed to rest.God broke our hearts to proveheContinue reading
Tears Shed Over Graves Quote
The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.~Harriet Beecher Stowe
Speaking of Loss Quote
Sometimes, with the best of intentions, friends don’t know how to help. They may feel that to bring up the subject of our loss is to risk making us feel worse, so they avoid it,Continue reading