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Widows Quest

June 1st, 2008

Carnival of Positive Thinking

We all need some help in moving through the grief cycle, each Sunday I post articles that will help with our positive thinking and help us through the depression

Sheamus presents What Does It Mean To Live Well? posted at i am shéamus.

ananga presents The Simple Art of Anti-Stress Breathing posted at Ananga Sivyer’s Living by […]

By anna -- 5 comments

May 22nd, 2008

Being Alone Doesn’t Mean You Have To Be Lonely

Alone is a funny word….it oozes the sense of…well, lone-liness. When you are widowed or suffer a bereavement in the family, you have that painful feeling of being alone.
However, when you think about it, a widow or widower is not alone in the world….they may have lost their partner but that doesn’t mean that you […]

By anna -- 0 comments

March 1st, 2008

No regrets…Love is the legacy

Do you often think about what you should have done more of, what you should have done differently in the relationship? Grief is like that, somehow you forget what you gave to the relationship with your loved one and concentrate upon what you wish you had done more of….  
Well, as humans we are not […]

By anna -- 0 comments

February 18th, 2008

Death brings a chance to think about life

When you lose someone, it is a chance to think about your view on life. Oprah Winfrey has a wonderful quote
“The whole point of being alive is to evolve into the complete person you were intended to be.” 
I have learned that bereavement can help you become that complete person. It is during the hard times […]

By anna -- 2 comments

October 28th, 2007

The Need to Love Yourself

When change happens in your life, when you are faced with grief, faced with depression, faced with loneliness…remember this line from the book, “The Psychology of Romantic Love,” Nathaniel Brandon wrote, “The first affair we must consummate successfully is the love affair with ourselves. Only then are we ready for other love relationships.”
The author Nathaniel […]

By anna -- 0 comments

August 28th, 2007

Thoughts On Friendships

A friend sent me this today and I thought I would share it with you.
People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime.
When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that
person.
When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to […]

By anna -- 0 comments

February 12th, 2007

Valentines Day

Valentine’s Day can be tough for many of us, I know it is for my mum - not that my beloved Dad was a romantic, in fact he usually forgot to even get a card!
But I know it makes my mum feel sad, so I always send a little gift to her…for her to open […]

By anna -- 0 comments

February 9th, 2007

Josh - Loved and never forgotten

Tifanny has posted her memorial here if people would like to see the man that was most precious to her.
She reminds me that moving on is not forgetting, it is living forward not in the past. You will never lose the stories but you cannot bring him back. That is the acceptance part. Once you […]

By anna -- 1 comment

February 7th, 2007

Love makes the world go round

When you lose someone you suffer all the emotions that are negative:- sadness, loneliness, depression. But we have not got to remember the wonderful side of having loved someone.
L= Learning to share your life with someone else
O= Opening your heart to feeling the sheer ecstasy of being in love
V= Valuing the thoughts and emotions of […]

By anna -- 3 comments

February 6th, 2007

Talking through the grief cycle

We know that when we suffer loss we go through a grief cycle - Anger, Denial, Rejection, Acceptance and Integration. I can understand the process and also knowing that has helped me come to terms with the grief.
I was trying to think of what binds the cycle and I feel that talking is the key. […]

By anna -- 0 comments

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