On Honoring Your Grief

[mfh]

From Transcending Loss: Understanding the lifelong impact of grief on Facebook. Great book btw

Like a turtle, there are times when you will come out of your shell (of grief), and there are other times when you simply won't come out. On those days, you need to draw in, hunker down, stay in your shell. Give yourself permission to be with that 'inside shell' energy. Don't judge it or force it. Simply be and allow yourself the healing space.

And from Facebook The Grief Toolbox

Tools for finding hope along the journey: Understanding healing

Can we heal from the death of a loved one? When we are grieving sometimes our answer is NOT EVER! What does it mean to heal? If we look to physical wounds we can learn something about healing a broken heart. When we are severely cut or break a bone they heal, but they are never the same, residual pain and scarring can be there for a lifetime. The initial constant, searing pain of a broken heart will subside but the aching will remain. Healing is not the absence of pain it is the recognition that sorrow and joy can co-exist.

©The Grief Toolbox

[hendrixx2]

hi mfh, thanx, needed that today...

[kayc]

If we look to physical wounds we can learn something about healing a broken heart. When we are severely cut or break a bone they heal, but they are never the same, residual pain and scarring can be there for a lifetime. The initial constant, searing pain of a broken heart will subside but the aching will remain. Healing is not the absence of pain it is the recognition that sorrow and joy can co-exist.

©The Grief Toolbox

I like that analogy.