Normally I publish this on a Sunday, but with it being Remembrance Sunday yesterday here are this weeks articles to help us through our grief.

Glowing Face Man presents Abundance Mentality posted at Glowing Face Man, saying, “An article about the virtues and benefits of positive thinking.”

Anna presents Who are you…you are a diamond posted at The Engaging Brand

chicu presents the gifts we are given.. posted at Uttarakhand and I, saying, “this blog records a woman’s adventures as she battles with whatever life throws at her..this post is about how life also tends to reward one”

Joe Tichio presents Greatest Inspirational Love Quotes posted at Inspirational Quotes Blog, saying, “Quotes on the beauty and power of love.”

Danea Horn presents Writing Affirmations posted at Affirmation Blog.

Aparna presents Develop a positive attitude posted at Beauty and Personality Grooming, saying, “A positive attitude or outlook on life can lead to positive behavior and success.”

Albie presents 4 main excuses people use to stop them from thinking BIG posted at iDevelopWorld.

Shauna Heathman presents You’ve Let Yourself Go ? Image & love: relationship guru offers insight posted at Mackenzie’s Blog.

Tyrone Solee presents Be Optimistic! | Millionaire Acts posted at Millionaire Acts, saying, “Learn how to become optimistic and have a positive outlook in life.”

Jasmine Hall presents 101 Nutrition Tips for a Longer, Better Life posted at Online Nursing Programs.net.

Kaushik Chokshi presents Playing… posted at Beyond Karma, saying, “Life is a beautiful game when we’re conscious!”

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Today is our remembrance Sunday and I thought that instead of publishing the usual positive thinking articles I must take the time to remember those people who put their lives on the line to protect us all at home. I can never express my thanks throughout the century for all the men and women who have paid the ultimate price for freedom.
I can’t express the emotion that I have when I see a life taken in combat and how the family copes with the grief and sheer horror of loss.
There are no words I can write on Widows Quest that …read more

Anniversaries of losing someone is strange.

Why is any day any more important than any other…when missing someone?
Time in some ways helps you cope with anniversaries but never takes away the pain.

I also find that the biggest benefit is that other people give you space, they understand that you may not be 100%, they accept more easily that you are grieving.
The rest of the time although you clearly will never get over the pain, people who don’t understand grief think that you should be progressing back to …what would you say ‘normality’? Mind you that then begs the question what …read more

The 5th of November, 6 years ago at 8.08pm was a sad day for our family. We lost Dad who was such a wonderful gentleman..and gentle man. I will never forget being there with mum as he said goodbye to the world with fireworks lighting up the earth (It is Bonfire night in the UK on the 5th) We always liked to think of that as the world celebrating his life and sending him on his way with such a fitting tribute.
Today I am in London, away from my special mum who I know reads this blog. I hope that …read more

It was Gandhi who made this comment and do you know I feel it is as apt for widows and widowers as it is for people wanting to make societal or political change.
Readers know that I am on a constant roller coaster of emotion…that little old lady called grief manages to shake me to the core every now and then, just to remind me that overcoming a bereavement is hard. So just when it seems easier, just when I seem to be back in control of my own emotions….grief prods me to remind me that it is still there …read more

Oh dear I have slipped today, after such a good week – but hey isn’t that what grieving is all about?
This week is such a bad week for me I need to be in 3 places at once, most days and I am feeling totally out of control. I wish that I didn’t have to balance so many competing things….
When you get out of control, doesn’t it feel so depressing? You start to feel as though no one values YOU, that you seem to spend your life pleasing other people, accommodating other people…but who is there now for YOU? (Widows …read more

A wonderful comment came from Rae to the post Happy Halloween about a feeling which I have had on a couple of occasions.  The feeling is that suddenly you forget that they have passed away, that you feel their presence, that you suddenly see them or sense them in the house.
I remember after about 3 months getting so mad that he wasn’t replying or coming through to the lounge when I needed some help to move the television! I had no idea that he had died, to me at that moment he was alive and even annoying (!) as he …read more

After the flu a few weeks ago, well actually a chest infection, this week I have finally started to get myself sorted out…a little. Oh isn’t life or grief, such a rollercoaster…..
To help us all as normal on a Sunday here are this weeks articles to help us with our positive thinking
Anna presents What Do Your Eyes Tell A Person posted at The Engaging Brand
GP presents Changes in Latitude « Musings from Montana posted at Manely Montana, saying, “changes in attitude.. make all the difference”

Cheryl Ragsdale presents Here’s Everything You Need to Know About Saying Yes or Saying No posted …read more

There was a time just after losing my loved one that I found every celebration or festival …..what is the word, as I was going to say stupid and I don’t mean that….I found them trivial.
Not because I am against the celebration but my grief meant that I found these kind of events so difficult to deal with, and faced with that difficulty I just wanted to hide from all that….jollity!
Tonight is halloween and I have really made an effort tonight…there are spiders webs, pumpkins, Happy Halloween posters…far too many sweets and loads of lights.
I decided that tonight I would …read more

Losing someone you love makes you think about the need for love so deep inside all human beings. Last night I went over to stay with mum ahead of a meeting I was having near her…..and it struck me that as a child you spend much of the time wanting others to see you grown up, wanting to fall in love, wanting to be ‘treated like an adult’.
The irony is that as you become that adult, as you go through the joys and sorrows of life, you value that support and looking after of others. Last night I went home, …read more