I used to think I had a lot of answers. I could solve my problems, my families, my friends- heck, the world’s. But after going through death, I realize (like in the Game of Thrones character Jon) that ‘I know nothing’. What can we really ‘know’? While I don’t know a lot anymore, I am […]
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Working with Grief
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Moving Ahead and Focusing on the Positive
A death means many firsts- overwhelming firsts without your loved one. It also means making decisions based on your needs, your situation. After the initial paralysis of the grief, then you work to piece things back together. In my case, I was living in South Carolina, my husband, Pat and I had moved there when […]
Working with Grief
I struggled over the name of this blog, as I started it titled asĀ ‘working through grief’ but then I realized that you don’t really get through grief, you make peace with it. It has been 1.5 years since Pat left his body, left me, left the kids, left his siblings, his friends, his colleagues. I […]