Grief and Bereavement Articles
August 9, 2008 by Anna Farmery
Filed under Grief
I love the community we have here at Widows Quest and all the links that you send me. In a comment to A Poem on Grief, I was given a link to Linda Angel which has an array of bereavement and grief articles.
I believe the more we understand grief, the more we understand how our emotions are natural, the greater the chance that we start to move through the grief cycle.
3 Tips I would say when reading articles
- After reading the grief article – write down one learning that you will incorporate into your life.
- Whilst reading about bereavement, try not to think about the loss, but the gains you
have had for being in love and having a relationship that has brought so much happiness. - Print out the articles and highlight the key sentences. Use the sentences as a screensaver or on a post it note on your fridge. Anything to remind yourself that you are not on your own, that your feelings are normal and that you WILL get through this grieving process
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This hit home, I don’t know how I received this feed for Widow’s Quest but it came at the right time. I do believe that we tend to think that life will go on without love but are not looking forward to it. I lost my husband to a comedy of horrors while hospitalized this past December. I have a hard time thinking of loving anyone else but stranger things could happen. Love is healing, I am trying to do that. I not only lost my soulmate but my best friend. Then in June my aunt and uncle were killed in a traffic accident in Minnesota. I can see them walking hand in hand to their destination.
We just had my husband’s funeral in June, then scattered the rest of his ashes in Minnesota in July. It was a hard summer but there is some sort of closure. I hope to love again, but I don’t ever expect to love like i loved my husband.
This is a comforting site. Thank you.
Barb – my heart goes out to you and your family. I know what you mean about love – even if we do find someone else that love would be different. I think often companionship can be as fulfilling.
I am sure at the moment, it is about living through each moment. You have suffered such shocks. How are you coping at the moment?