"... grief is the price we pay for love." I If you've grieved, chances are you became aware of the Five Stages of Grief. Not sure how I found them, but it was probably at a funeral home, or someone thought of me enough to
"'I can't imagine how you felt, what that was like.' I can hardly imagine it either, even having lived through it. Recently, when someone said that, I found myself answering, 'Like being burned alive.'" W What can possibly be said to a parent grieving the loss
"I have learned now that while those who speak about one's miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more." A A few months ago I stopped taking the antidepressants I’ve been on for more than a decade, and if I narrowed down how it feels,
G Grief is isolating, and it can feel like you're anchored in place watching the world move on. I rarely use Facebook because it can be hard seeing all the pop ups and memories. I'm also friends with a lot of the friends Rehtaeh had so it's right in front of me; a bunch
Four thousand five hundred and eighty-seven days since Rehtaeh's death and she came back to me, again. The visits have become as rare as they are cherished, those moments when the world is okay and she didn't die and everything is normal, whatever that is. My phone buzzed last night. I was sitting out
“You’re afraid of surrender because you don’t want to lose control. But you never had control; all you had was anxiety.”
Elizabeth Gilbert
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