Tag Archives: Mental health

Why?

The word “why” is going to ripple through the air and through thoughts for quite a while before it settles down again like a dry leaf.  It will be kicked up again soon enough by events small and large. “Why” … Continue reading

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Inventory

  I participate in an online chat with ” the Compassionate Friends”.  We live in a small town and there is not a chapter here.  There is a chat open every night for grieving parents to meet and talk online. … Continue reading

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everyday feelings

Dear Son, It is Saturday and I am exhausted. Your dad is out trimming bushes.  You know it is his therapy to work in the yard. The workshop went well. I had fifteen students.  Some I have known for a … Continue reading

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one week

You might spend your days sifting through the sad details of how they died, but when the day is done you  simply miss them. You can remember the good times, and even smile perhaps laugh.  But when the laughter fades … Continue reading

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Anniversaries

June is halfway through.  I am remembering an anniversary with my son, a storm that took down trees and a hike in Panthertown.  They are good memories. There is inherent loneliness in intense grief.  There is a feeling that no … Continue reading

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Better???

Having grief in your life on this level is walking a path filled with land mines.   I think I am navigating my way through pretty well when wham!  one blows up in my face. I’ve been told lately by … Continue reading

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Small comforts

Dear Son, In the silence of this house, when I am by myself the question “why” comes up a lot.  I don’t ask others to share in providing an answer, because I fear their responses.  Some say it was your … Continue reading

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