A meandering post – a challenging walk and a reflection on remembering our loved ones. For those of us who use a step counter of some type, whether a wrist watch, on our phone or some other device, there is often some compulsion to reach the day’s target. It might be a moderate 5,000 steps,…
This is Part 3 of a series of posts on “Walking the Way”, referring to the famous Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route in Spain. This is only partly about the Camino, but mostly relates to the journey through grief. For Part 1 of this series, visit: Walking the Way – Part 1 If you read…
Some thoughts on grief from a range of sources. “All your waves and billows have gone over me, and floods of sorrow pour upon me like a thundering cataract.” ~ “There we sat down, yea, we wept When we remembered…” ~ “There is only one way for you To live without grief in your lifetime;…
A post dedicated to those who might be feeling confused and even overwhelmed as they struggle to the navigate the journey through grief following multiple losses. Recently I attended a memorial service at a church. At one point during the service, the minister read out the names of those (presumably in the parish) who had died…
(A little lighter reading after the previous post!) If we love, we grieve. Grief is natural. And we are not the only ones who grieve – animals do too, as this fascinating article explains. Orca who carried her dead infant is not alone – many animals grieve The orca has been seen carrying the dead…
Grief doesn’t follow neat chronological stages. It’s not a clear-cut path. It’s not a case of improving and improving until you’re healed – because grief is natural and normal, not a sickness for which a remedy needs to be found. We don’t get “fixed” but we learn to live with it. People ask, “how long…
It’s coming up to November 2nd – All Soul’s Day – a day when many of us will visit loved one’s graves to remember them, although in some traditions this might have taken place on October 31st. (“All Hallow’s Eve”, more commonly referred to as Halloween.) As Wikipedia helpfully explains, “All Souls’ Day commemorates All Souls, the Holy…
