Hello,
Often in the CVH discussion forums we reach out to one another with an immediate question or wondering. RIght now, I am also thinking about the long journey of grief.
Those of us who have lost loved ones know that you don't "get over it." But how do we live well with grief? I just marked the three-year anniversary of the death of my partner, and I found it somehow heavier than I had anticipated. I needed to stop, remember, go back over my diary, light candles, post pictures.
I want tobe a person who remembers well, carries sadness with grace. What are the ways of doing this? I want to come back around, not just to the same place but a new place in the spiral of life. What have others discovered?
Yet another reality for me: I feel more deeply stirred and troubled when I learn of others' losses. In the past year two friends have lost partners, one in a sudden accident and the other after a long illness. I keep in touch with them, and with the one who lives nearby, when the weather gets better will try to plan for a "porch sit." Yet I also want to sure that I am not "pressing my story" on someone else. We each have our own journeys with grief.
I'd love to hear how others have walked these pathways.
Nouce