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A year of being a single parent | Musings on a grief journey
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Musings on a grief journey. A great WordPress.com site. I often think →. A year of being a single parent. March 31, 2015. Today as I dropped our little boy to the school bus, it struck me that it was the last day before the school closes for summer vacations. I had gotten a note from his teacher few days ago that there was a class party planned today and I was to send cup cakes and cookies. So last night I stopped on the way back from work to pick up the goodies. I’ve taken care of my son when he&#...
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Castaway | Musings on a grief journey
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Musings on a grief journey. A great WordPress.com site. Memories Revisited →. March 1, 2015. Castaway is one of my favorite movies. It touched me deeply the first time I watched it so many years ago. It was probably much before I got married. Today I remembered I had the DVD in my collection and I watched it again as I had another of those lonely Sunday evenings to survive. Sometimes hope falls away and you think if this is how it’s going to be forever. You desperately hope that one day a ship ...In the ...
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The way forward | Musings on a grief journey
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Musings on a grief journey. A great WordPress.com site. A bend in the river. On the road of life →. May 19, 2015. 8220;For what is a man, what has he got? If not himself, then he has naught. To say the things he truly feels;. And not the words of one who kneels. The record shows I took the blows –. And did it my way! I still have moments of darkness and I guess I have learned to tide them over and keep moving forward. Sometimes life feels surreal, as if too much has happened in too short a time. Spending...
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January | 2015 | Musings on a grief journey
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Musings on a grief journey. A great WordPress.com site. Monthly Archives: January 2015. January 30, 2015. Friday night again. Sometimes I wait for it because working under so much of emotional trauma takes a toll. But when I do catch a break I stare back at myself in all my loneliness. What do I say that I have not said over and over again – I miss you. Like the cool mist on a hot summers day. Like the warmth of a fireside on a cold winter day. Like droplets of water on parched lips. January 28, 2015.
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I often think | Musings on a grief journey
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Musings on a grief journey. A great WordPress.com site. A year of being a single parent. A bend in the river →. April 3, 2015. I often think of the moments I still had you. Things that I said and things I should have said but didn’t. I know it doesn’t matter for you knew it all. I just had to look at you and you understood. Now that I’ve been alone for so long I often think about the days that were. I’ve been doing well after so long and yet I feel it’s hollow, it’s all fake. This entry was tagged Grief.
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Turning forty | Musings on a grief journey
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Musings on a grief journey. A great WordPress.com site. The Lost Year →. March 8, 2015. Of all the terrible ‘firsts’ if there was one I had hoped to get through as easily as I could, it was my birthday. Never the one for celebrating my birthdays, it was mostly an unneeded distraction. Of course it felt nice being wished but mostly it was just another day. I think it was only fitting that I fell sick a day before my fortieth. As the fevers raged and the meds took effect, I slept – no thoughts, n...But wit...
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May | 2015 | Musings on a grief journey
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Musings on a grief journey. A great WordPress.com site. Monthly Archives: May 2015. May 19, 2015. 8220;For what is a man, what has he got? If not himself, then he has naught. To say the things he truly feels;. And not the words of one who kneels. The record shows I took the blows –. And did it my way! I haven’t come to any destination or a resting place but I do think I have turned the corner in my journey. I’ve met someone special and remarkable and it has brought hope back into my life. Spending so muc...
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Memories Revisited | Musings on a grief journey
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Musings on a grief journey. A great WordPress.com site. Turning forty →. March 3, 2015. 8220;Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life’s search for love and wisdom”- Rumi. I have been really struggling the last few weeks. The intense pain, anxiety and the debilitating sadness is just so overwhelming many times. In the beginning I spent a lot of time feeling guilty that I should have been the one to go instea...
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June | 2015 | Musings on a grief journey
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Musings on a grief journey. A great WordPress.com site. Monthly Archives: June 2015. On the road of life. June 13, 2015. I haven’t been writing too much of late because after a long time I’m trying to live life instead of documenting it. Writing has been extremely therapeutic to me on this journey. It has kept me company on numerous days and nights when all seemed lost. Memories and triggers creep up on you seemingly from nowhere but then you find that if you deal with them honestly, they go away and the...
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I hope.. | Musings on a grief journey
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Musings on a grief journey. A great WordPress.com site. A year of being a single parent →. March 21, 2015. So much is made of the firsts after a profound loss – anniversaries, birthdays and other special occasions. Undoubtedly all these are very difficult because they remind us of what was and never can be again. But it’s not these that are the most challenging. After a rough week at work when the weekend comes around it brings even more emptiness because it reminds me of the days that were. The even...
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