PERMISSION TO HEAL
Two important words – “I Decide”
When I talk with people about grief and loss what often comes up are those questions that seem like they have no answers. “Will I ever get over my grief”, “Will I be happy again”, Will I ever stop feeling so sad” and so on.
We are all different and thus our journey through grief is unique to each of us even though there are factors such as your relationship with the deceased that come into play. We make the decision to grieve or to shove it away, we make the decision to be gentle and kind and allow… Continue reading
Celebrating The Journey Through Grief
By Jacqueline Nannini – My journey from remaining alive to being alive
Death is a word many people understand the meaning of all to well. According to the dictionary, the definition of death is the end of life, or in other words the person involved has come to the end of his life. What the dictionary meaning does not refer to is that the family who loved this person has also come to the end of life as they know it. The obituary will most likely read “survived by “and list the person’s family. Death has taken during my life time my mother, my father, two husbands and a granddaughter; I know that the term “survived by” is not an accurate description. The word survives means to continue to prosper, to exist or function. The person in grief is not able to do any of this. Even though our loved one who is “dead” has come to the end of their life, in so many ways this definition is also true to those who have “survived”. Continue reading