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Small wins.
After a weekend of an avalanche of grief, when in the valley of the shadow you have to take the “small” wins. My wins today are I am up, showered, dogs have been walked and fed and I’ve made and … Continue reading
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Tagged alone, Bereavement, church, Faith, feelings, grief, Hurt, life, loneliness, lonely, loss, pain, Widow, widowed
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Trying to keep going
Didn’t go work on Saturday. Just couldn’t. I had seen something in a shop the day before that had reminded me of John (still can’t bare to think of it to write what it was here…) and it knocked me … Continue reading
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The (kind of, ish) lighter side of grief
My mum told me that when I was really stressed I would sleep talk and sing adverts in my sleep, particularly around the time of my exams and John told me I slept talk when I really stressed and he … Continue reading
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Silence
I’ve been trying to find my blog post where I talk about my uni residential in January but I can’t find it… maybe I dreamt that I wrote which is a high possibility. At my January residential 2 lecturers independently … Continue reading
Posted in Bereavement, counselling, Faith, grief, Humility, Life, loss
Tagged alone, Bereavement, Faith, feelings, God, grief, Hurt, Jesus, life, loneliness, lonely, loss, pain, Widow, widowed
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Pulled in every direction.
Seen my bereavement therapist. She said I was emotionally exhausted and to take sometime off work to recover. Which I have done. Of course this grief is very different to John’s grief for all the obvious reasons that they were … Continue reading
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Limbo round 2
The time in between a bereavement and the funeral is what I call limbo time. You haven’t processed it all, your still in shock and the awfully sobering visual imagery and experience of the finality of the funeral hasn’t happened … Continue reading
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Tagged alone, Bereavement, Birthday, Faith, feelings, Funeral, grief, Hurt, Limbo, loneliness, lonely, Lord, loss, pain, widowed
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Space and time…
I can only speak for myself and where I am currently at but in situations where I struggle particularly where grief is involved, to feel safe, I need space. I was beginning to feel safe in church the past few … Continue reading
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