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Tag Archives: Grief and healing
Widow Wednesday #11 Start with the small things
Gratitude is both next to impossible and essential when we are grieving. Don’t even think that I’m going to that place of being grateful because your loved one is no longer suffering or in heaven. That sort of thinking is … Continue reading
Finding Gratitude through Living
At 18 I dove into the ocean of gratitude and never found shore ~Dr. Patch Adams~ What are you waiting for?
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Widow Wednesday #10
Widow Wednesday
Messages of love
Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.
-Rumi
Pretty much everyone I know who has lost a loved one has told me a story of how they believed their loved one showed up in another form after they died. The time has come to accept these happenings as valid as well as valuable. Continue reading
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One of the Greatest Things Ever (so far)
A friend and I recently watched her ’70 something year old’ cousin marry her ’90 something year old’ fiancée. It was a beautiful ceremony. I was lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time. Otherwise, I … Continue reading
Widow Wednesday #9
Widow Wednesday Welcome to Widow(er) Wednesday, where I share what worked, what didn’t work and what could work better. How to support the grieving: Accept that loss is a life-altering experience Time is a social construct and created through thinking. … Continue reading
Welcome New Year!
Welcome New Year I know I am the sum of all my stories I await the stories you will bring this year I no longer wish for things to happen I know the truly important things are beyond … Continue reading
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Tagged An Eclectic Life, Author, Grief and healing, Heike Mertins, Women over 50
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Merry Christmas: Bah Humbug
Merry Christmas: Bah Humbug The holidays are different after loss. It cannot be otherwise. Just as Christmas changed as we grew into adulthood It must also change as we grow into life after loss This takes time Sometimes we yearn … Continue reading
Widow Wednesday #8 The Changing Seasons of Learning to Live with Loss
Recently, I’ve been pulling writings from a series of notebooks and adding them into my second book file. Today I came across some notes I’d made when I was trying to figure out the title for my first book “Grief is… Thoughts on loss, struggle and new beginnings.” My working title had been “Really?!? This is normal?” To me, it was the obvious choice because first, it was the question I repeatedly asked during those early days and secondly, Continue reading
Widow Wednesday #7
Widow Wednesday #7
Welcome to Widow(er) Wednesdays. This week’s taboo busting blog is as much for those looking to better support loved ones who are grieving as it is for those who are grieving. This week’s taboo topic is GRIEF COUNSELLING. Continue reading
Tylenol is not a long term solution :(
It is a challenge to live with intention and not out of habit. It requires that I look at my situation, my body and my health and rather than dismiss their rumblings, take a deep breath, sit still and listen. Continue reading
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