One of the regular readers of the blog is Mary and I wanted to share with you that this would have been her 8th wedding anniversary. She is a wonderful example of how helping others helps to heal the pain of losing your husband. If you would like to see the songs that remind her […]
In response to the poem I wrote called The Visions of Lost Love, Hazel and I were talking about the pictures we have in our mind. In one of the comments I wrote
” I will never give up hoping that one day that picture will change. I know it is the pain that is still […]
I would love to hear your top 5 as well - and I will publish them for everyone to read. Here are my 5 changes to my personality
I never put the phone down without saying “I love you” to the people closest to me.
I make time each week to give back to friends and family. […]
We know in our grief, that we have a huge heart - one that has loved and one that understands the meaning of love.
I think we need to dig deep into our hearts during our bereavement. We need to dig into the depth of our BIG heart - grief can make us shrivel from life, […]
I was wondering whether we could come up with a recipe for grief, for protecting that little old heart of ours from the pain of bereavement and losing the love of our lives? Here is my starter for 10, feel free to leave a comment on anything that may be missing
Our Grief Recipe
1 Hug […]
There are days when all of us wonder whether the pain is worth it, when we have no fight left in our body, when we cannot face waking up the next morning….
When that happens it is overwhelming and difficult to deal with, you know there are things in your life that “should” be making you […]
I remember when my best friend lost her brother - her mother who was usually a weak person went into overdrive and rallied the family until they had all coped with his death. I looked at her one day, I had arrived early to pick my friend up who was still getting ready.
She was crying […]
Yesterday I wrote about the definition of happiness from a book I recently read about bouncing back from setbacks. Also within the book was this wonderful quote about life
“Listen to the sound of being unburdened from the past set of constraints…Listen to the cry of being born again. Listen to the rise of the sun […]
I was speaking to mum last night and was suddenly struck by much she is doing since the death of dad. She misses him hugely, and they were devoted to each other, that made her grief hard, the bereavement process was a long one for mum.
Yet when I hear her now - she still […]
If you are reading Widows Quest, you know the meaning of heartfelt pain. Pain hurts but the more I think about the real meaning of pain - I think that it is there for a reason.
It is there because we felt the true meaning of love. Would I have given up the chance to […]
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