Tag: Grief
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What Choice Do I have?
What Choice do I have? “It’s this or die ! What choice do I have?”- Rob Wigsten This was Rob’s response whenever anyone would call him brave while fighting his cancer. Looking back at his response I understand it even more, because my journey with grief often feels this way. Although on so…
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I See You Everywhere-A Love Letter
I See You Everywhere!-A Love Letter ” It hurts to remember, but I do not wish to forget!”-Lori Wigsten Dear Rob, When I first lost you, it was hard to do anything without having something to remind me of you and bring me instantly to tears. It could be the familiar or…
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Dreams
Dreams “When you become comfortable with uncertainty, infinite possibilities open up in your life.” — Eckhart Tolle Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about my late husband and what losing him taught me about life. At first, I could only think about what I had lost. When I lost him so many of…
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What Should Have Been
Lately, I have been longing for the way things should have been. The feeling has come and gone during the last few months. I know it has happened because I am living alone again. My youngest has moved into her own place after returning to her childhood home last year during the intense time of…
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Living
In the initial stages of grief, I found my emotions were all over the place. Sometimes I would spend hours feeling sad. Since I still had to function in the world, I also spent a lot of time feeling I was not really living in a way this poem expresses. Living Among What is Dead…
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