Death is the only absolute fact that we know will happen when we are born. Yet, as human beings we struggle to talk about death, I often wonder why? I sometimes get asked why I write about my feelings about how widows and widowers can cope with grief, cope with bereavement…the answer is simple - […]
I received a wonderful email from one of the Widows Quest readers who has written this poem about her grief - she would love to turn it into a song so she is starting to learn the piano to put it to music. I love sharing our thoughts so if you have something you want […]
Here we are at the start of a new week and as always we take a look at articles that will help us overcome our grief and depression.
Metaliphe presents Sad or Depressed? posted at Chandra Unplugged - No nonsense, Straight-up blogging from a Life Coach, saying, “Are you really depressed or are you just sad? […]
Music is a huge part of my life - it cheers me up, it makes me sad, it makes me dance, it makes me relax. The words can be so powerful when you are grieving and going through a bereavement of someone close.
I came across a site which shows the lyrics of songs for grief […]
I spoke with an old friend tonight, who lost her husband in a road accident about 5 years ago. His death was a shock and she went through a severe depression resulting in quite a dependency on anti depressants. She really could never imagine life without him and we feared a suicide bid.
She phoned to […]
I love words and the power of words. I have collected a few sayings on grief which I have placed around my house to provide the motivation to come through the bereavement. Here are some which may help you
“I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge - myth is more potent than history - dreams […]
I look at Burma, I look at the earthquake in China, I look at the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, I look at the seemingly nonsensical killings on our streets….death seems to surround us. There is part of me that sees the world almost getting used to death on a large scale….then there is another […]
The last couple of weeks have been hard, very hard. My health has not been great and when that happens, depression seems to descend over me. It just shows how important our health is, in the grief recovery process.
The last couple of days I have forced myself to get out into the sunshine. I have […]
Each Sunday I post articles that will help us through our grief process and help us find a happiness that we may not feel at the moment is possible. Here are this weeks articles
Matthew Spears presents The flame of blame posted at Loving Awareness, saying, “By assigning responsibility to anyone or anything for a given […]
Bereavement is hard especially when you have children and need to try and cope with their feelings. It is so easy to think that they are OK as they hide their feelings and “appear fine” The Washington Post shares suggestions from the U.S. National Library of Medicine when talking to children about death:
Keep your […]
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