Grateful, Thankful, and Healing!
This Journey through the Wilderness of Grief and Beyond to New Life
“We all have forests on our minds. Forests unexplored, unending. Each one of us gets lost in the forest, every night, alone.” ― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Wind’s Twelve Quarters I have always viewed forests as dark, scary places… Maybe I was traumatized as a child by the enchanted forest in the movie “Snow…
Today I am grateful for… The sad thing is, that it is hard to realize during the collapsing, crumbling, and destruction phases, that life is worth living, it isn’t my end, to be patient and roll with the changes, take the waves of grief as they come, mourn the death, let tears flow as needed,…
Today I am grateful for Happiness, Peace, Love, & Joy In the early days of grief and mourning, happiness, peace, love, and joy were scarce commodities. As time passed, the sheer weight of the pain became too much to bear and the decision was made that I could not suffer anymore. I begin to look…
Changes! I changed the heading on my blog today… the name. To reflect where I am at on my journey! I am grateful for being pushed into this journey of self-discovery. I am thankful for the life I had with my love Larry and the lessons he taught me. I would not be the person…
…a continuation of Just Some Questions I Ask Myself “Do questions really put up walls or do they open doors?” — Rory (A Guy Called Bloke) Good question, Rory. I have been pondering your response in the form of a question for four days now. I wish that I could say that asking questions opens…
Wow, just wow! Today is my 75th day of gratitude! 75 Days! Last year at this time I didn’t think living 75 days was possible, yet alone 417. What a rollercoaster ride the last 417 days have been… On day 74 last year, I wrote Thoughts on Grief XXXII. In retrospect, I’m sure I made…
This is the third rewrite of “Why I Write”. The reason I started blogging can be found here: Why I Write Here is the first rewrite of Why I Write And here is Why I Write Rewrite II “This life is for loving, sharing, learning, smiling, caring, forgiving, laughing, hugging, helping, dancing, wondering, healing, and…
