November 2016 Blog Posts (26)

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Don't Lose Your Focus

When we grieve we sometimes lose our focus.

You can choose what you want to focus on.  Choose!  Choose what you CAN do. Honor and care for each other… Smile… Say thank you… Let the person ahead of you in line… Hold the door for someone… Help the elderly with a task… Give a compliment… Be courteous and polite… Say hello… Offer help to others… Be a good listener… Start a conversation with someone… Give someone…

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Added by Diana, Grief Recovery Coach on November 30, 2016 at 7:37pm — 2 Comments

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Added by dream moon JO B on November 30, 2016 at 5:05pm — No Comments

Losing my loved one's pet

Bruno, my Frenchie, was Rocky's dog, even though he was supposed to be my dog. He bonded with Rocky though. And drove me crazy.

Now he's all I have of Rocky's. Like my last link. And he has cancer and heart disease and won't be long for this world. I pray that he will go straight to where ever Rocky is, so they can be together.

Then I will feel completely alone. There will be no one to greet me at the door. I have my birds, but it's not the same. Nothing is the same as a dog,…

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Added by kathleen akin on November 29, 2016 at 4:18pm — 2 Comments

Good can come from Pain

No one is prepared for grief. The rush of feelings, the thoughts, anxieties, and heartache can take us by surprise and drive us to our knees. Yet, when we choose to harness that power for self-growth, amazing things can happen. Good can come from pain.

Learn to tell your story differently. Take the victim mentality out of the story of loss you tell yourself and others and replace it with the word survivor to return to a sense of control over your…

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Added by Diana, Grief Recovery Coach on November 29, 2016 at 12:38pm — 3 Comments

Just When You Think You're OK

Just when I thought it was okay and my sadness was controlled. It all came back...noi as hard but still there. Today is the 2-year anniversary of my oldest and wisest nephew passed away. He was only 46 years old. I would have never imagined I would be at his funeral...I thought I would go first. I'm a few years older than he was...My world seemed to crumble a little when I heard my sister tell me Artie was gone. I was in shock and disbelief then and I'm still having a hard time not picking…

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Added by Felicia Evans on November 28, 2016 at 10:51am — No Comments

Heaven Left a Hole in your Heart

It’s up to you to choose if that hole will be filled with pain, anger, and the eternal darkness of loss . . .
Or if you will choose to fill it with light and love and have that hole shine out of you like a spotlight into your life, keeping their memory alive . . .


Added by Diana, Grief Recovery Coach on November 28, 2016 at 9:26am — 1 Comment

morgan

I can totally identify with the sudden unexpected loss of your husband.  It was like reading what happened to us.  He was told to monitor his sugar and had days he would really feel sick.  Some of his blood work came back with elevated white cell counts and Dr. would just say it was probably a flu or bug of some sort.  By the time we found out - he had stage 4 cancer and we were in absolute disbelief.  He was with this Dr. for 10 plus years and all we could think was How did this happen?…

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Added by Jan on November 27, 2016 at 5:01pm — 4 Comments

Grief and Appetite Loss

If you've lost your appetite, try simple comfort foods, such as soups, mashed potatoes with chicken or meatloaf, fruit and yogurt smoothies, puddings, pasta, or foods from your childhood or cultural background. Eating small portions frequently may help as well. Take a multivitamin to cover any nutrients your meals are not currently supplying.  Wishing all of you a blessed day.

Added by Diana, Grief Recovery Coach on November 27, 2016 at 9:23am — 1 Comment

Hold on to the Love not the Loss

Grief:  Nobody on this earth would blame you if you became depressed and didn't want to carry on, but sometimes the mind can work powerful miracles. Even in the worst times there is hope and you should never give in to the dark storms that are approaching.  Hold on to the LOVE!

Added by Diana, Grief Recovery Coach on November 26, 2016 at 11:19am — 2 Comments

pet loss

pet loss is still loss im in bits i am coz of my cat…

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Added by dream moon JO B on November 24, 2016 at 4:47pm — No Comments

lost

Ever since my dad passed away I feel lost in so many ways , he was always there for me now I just have my kids and my mom and my niece but its not the same ... This dec it will be the hardest for me and my mom it will be his anniversary of his death so we are going to spend time together to get each other threw it ...

Added by emma on November 23, 2016 at 7:22am — No Comments

Pennies from heaven or no?

I use to tell this story before my husband died.

I was visiting a friend and her young sons parakeet passed away while we were there. He was so upset. I told him a story about "pennies from heaven" and every time you find a penny it's from your parakeet who has joined your grandpa in heaven. His little face lit up and he said "they're togther?" I told him he would soon find a penny and he would know they were saying hello

That night we took the kids to midnight "glow" bowling. As we… Continue

Added by Melanie on November 18, 2016 at 12:37pm — 1 Comment

Abandonment and Grief

Abandonment has its own kind of grief – a powerful grief universal to human beings. The grief can be acute – as when we go through the ending or death of a relationship, or chronic – as when we feel the impact of earlier losses and disconnection.

Added by Diana, Grief Recovery Coach on November 16, 2016 at 9:28am — 1 Comment

Ugh

It's bad enough I have to stay on this earth after my husband is gone......then I think I found someone again and he takes his own life.
It just seems that men over 40 and after divorce just don't want a relationship and they're perfectly comfortable leading women on to believe they do just to get what they want.
I really thought time would make it easier and I could be happy again.
Time does not heal anything
Time only makes more days between meltdowns.

Added by Melanie on November 15, 2016 at 6:34pm — 1 Comment

Lost my.only daughter

It has been 15 months since my daughter Denise has passed away. I wake up every morning and wanting to call her like we did every day. She was so full of life and she had everything going for her.She left behind two beautiful  young children.   Denise died of E-Coli. She was not aware that this poison was in her system, while Septic shock  spread  throughout her body very quickly and shut down all her organs,  Denise lived in California ,  while I lived in Florida. so I was not aware how bad…

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Added by Shari Blough on November 14, 2016 at 12:17pm — 2 Comments

It will only ever be you Andrew xxx

Added by joanne on November 13, 2016 at 2:19pm — 4 Comments

Trouble sleeping still

Does anybody else have trouble sleeping I can't seem to fall sleep I'm up night after night really really late usually wind up crying myself to sleep but no matter how tired I am I just don't sleep does anyone else have that problem i've had this problem since my husband got sick and it seems to of gotten worse almost 14 months he's been gone

Added by Pamela philipp on November 12, 2016 at 8:06pm — 9 Comments

You are not Alone!!!

Another day has gone

I'm still all alone

How could this be

You're not here with me

You never said goodbye

Someone tell me why

Did you have to go

And leave my world so cold

Everyday I sit and ask myself

How did love slip away

Something whispers in my ear and says

That you are not…

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Added by Diana, Grief Recovery Coach on November 12, 2016 at 11:28am — 3 Comments

Anniversary June 25, 2015

**Sharing a feeling from back in June 2015...my wedding anniversary**

I have thought on more than one occasion, during Joey’s fight with cancer and after he died,

that I must be the brunt of some cruel joke orchestrated by the grand puppet master behind the

scenes in this realm I accept as LIFE.

Because why would you put someone so amazing, so completely captivating in some ones life

and then take them away. I blamed everything, even god, mostly god. I tried to…

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Added by Jill Bollman on November 8, 2016 at 12:20pm — No Comments

Just Me

I know in my heart you are gone but it is so easier to pretend you are working out of town.  Instead of facing reality that you are never coming back.  Having to deal with the loss of you is no way to explain.  Then I have one acting out cause he feels he lost a dad that day and I dont know how to put him back on the right track.  Then I have one that is beside herself and has hit rock bottom cause in all her life you was the man that stepped up to be her dad where everyone including her…

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Added by Cyndi W on November 7, 2016 at 8:12am — No Comments

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