Farewell letter She wrote me a letter after her death and I remember a kind of happy light falling on the envelope as I sat by the rose tree on her old bench at the back door, so surprised by its arrival wondering what she would say, looking up before I could open it and…
Category: grief , bereavement, loss of a loved one
POEMS: “The Timing Of Your Death Is Always Chosen By You” – quote by Abraham-Hicks, Poem by Trina Graves
“The Timing Of Your Death Is Always Chosen By You” (Title Quote: Abraham-Hicks) We are all born into this life Not knowing how long it will be But would we truly desire to know If granted the length to see? Before we came we made a choice Of when our life would end Fitting in…
SYMPATHY POEMS: “For Grief ” by John O’Donohue
“For Grief “ When you lose someone you love, Your life becomes strange, The ground beneath you becomes fragile, Your thoughts make your eyes unsure; And some dead echo drags your voice down Where words have no confidence Your heart has grown heavy with loss; And though this loss has wounded others too, No…
SHORT POEMS: “Say no to grief” (loss of a loved one, from an older post) by Rabindranath Tagore
Say not in grief that she is no more
But say in thankfulness that she was
PET LOSS: “In memory of our little fur baby Zali” Amira
May 20th 2019 In memory of our little fur baby Zali (our 13 year old shih-tzu) Last Saturday, Zali had her last walk on the beach, the weather was beautiful, and the sun was bright and warm. I took off my shoes and walked with her on the soft white sand, nice and slow,…
POEMS: “The Lilacs” by Edgar Albert Guest (reminders of my mother, from an older post)
I ALWAYS think of mother, when
The lilac tree’s in bloom,
It seems her soul comes back again
Upon its sweet perfume.
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE: by Elizabeth Kübler-Ross
“INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE: by Elizabeth Kübler-Ross” “People are like stained glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed, only if there is light from within” Elisabeth Kübler-Ross was a Swiss-American psychiatrist, a pioneer in near-death studies and the author of…
POEMS: “I’m there inside your heart” (when facing the loss of a loved one)
Right now I ‘m in a different place,
and though we seem apart,
I am closer than I ever was…
I’m inside your heart.
POEMS: (about grief) “There is no night without a dawning” by Helen Steiner Rice
For those who leave us for a while have only gone away out of a restless, care worn world, Into a brighter day.
POEMS: “My mother kept a garden”
My mother kept a garden,
a garden of the heart.
She planted all the good things,that gave my life its start.
POEMS: “Death Is Not A Bad Thing But A Joyous Thing” (Abraham-Hicks Quote) Poem by Trina Graves
Why is it we all grieve
When someone passes on?
We’re just not connected to our truth
When we believe that they are gone
