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"You will lose someone you can't live without, and your heart will be badly broken, and the bad news is that you never completely get over the loss of your beloved. But this is also the good news. They live forever in your broken heart that doesn't seal back up. And you come through. It's [...]
“Tears shed for another person are not a sign of weakness. They are a sign of a pure heart.” ~ Jose Harris THOSE Anniversaries Anniversaries are bittersweet. No not the ones recognizing marriages, or engagements or even all the firsts; first time you met, first time you did something, or even celebrating milestones like a [...]
"While walking down the street with Me there on your mind, I'm walking in your footsteps just a half a step behind. And when you feel the gentle breeze across your face, That's me giving you a great big hug and a soft embrace. Now when it's time for you, from that body to be [...]
"Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief." ~ Marcus Tullius Cicero Gratitude in Grief Some years are harder then others and this year was definitely a harder one. Ten years is a pretty big mile stone. One that brought up all the emotions and [...]
"You have moments of grief in life, and if you can put pen to paper and capture that, that's something wonderful. I can revisit actual songs about past deaths, and I know that emotion is as true now as it was then." ~ John Lydon Letters Letter writing. It is a dying art form, replaced [...]
"I think it's important to make art for a myriad of reasons. The least of which is that I think laughter is medicinal, and I think there is an escapism aspect - an act of self-care." ~ Natasha Rothwell Blogging Breaks Long time no chat guys. I think it is safe to say that lately [...]
"Death has its revelations: the great sorrows which open the heart open the mind as well; light comes to us with our grief. As for me, I have faith; I believe in a future life." ~ Victor Hugo Saying Good-bye This past weekend, my family and I gathered to say good-bye and pay homage to [...]
"Cause, here’s the thing: To know how it ends And still begin to sing it again As if it might turn out this time I learned that from a friend of mine" ~ Hadestown A hole in your heart Grief fucking sucks. It is depressing and messy and eternal, or at least lasts as long [...]
"Both within the family and without, our sisters hold up our mirrors: our images of who we are and of who we can dare to be." ~ Elizabeth Fishel Dear Sugar, I thought many times how I was going to commemorate this day. Every time I sat down to write, nothing seemed right. Eight years [...]
Trigger Warning: This post talks about mental illness, suicide, and eating disorders. "Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain... To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices - today I choose to feel life, not to deny my [...]