Recovery from grief is…
November 17, 2008 by Anna Farmery
Filed under Grief
On Saturday I posted about what loneliness is, well as it is the start of the week I thought I would say what recovery is…… Recovery is ……..
Looking at the photo and smiling
Remembering to say I would love to come, rather than we
Sleeping for more than a couple of hours a night
Not having to think of one good reason why you should get up
Not crying when you see couples together
Not putting his favourite meal in the shopping basket
So how would you finish the phrase recovery is……..
No longer bursting into tears on Thursday night (the end of my work week) when I’d walk through the door from work. He died on a Thursday.
Looking forward to holidays with family instead of looking back on all I’d lost.
As I read this Mary, it was Friday afternoon and I was feeling a little lonely as none of my friends are about this weekend….you made me realise that I can either sit here and cry or I can get up and do something about it…thank you x
Dear Anna,
It’s okay to cry, too. I always feel like it washes the pain away. Hope your day improved, and I’m glad that I could help.
Hugs,
Mary
Wow, Mary. You are so right about washing the pain away. I always feel better after a good cry.
We have had a very early snowfall in lovely old London, Ontario. It has snowed for three days now. I have been pretty much housebound and that is making me feel pretty blue and sorry for myself. Today, I am going out no matter what.
I’ve had enough crying for a while and it’s time, as Anna says, to get up and do something about it. Have a good weekend everybody.
Leslie
I hope that you got out and about, and that it helped you face the week. As much as we don’t want to get up and get out of the house, it is so important. Just feeling that wind, that air on your face……it makes me feel, well alive