Grief

Losing a Loved One and Learning to Live Again – A Personal Experience-Part 4

Part 4 - Acceptance and Recovery After losing a loved one, take the time to grieve but don’t make “that place” your forever domicile. When you take the steps to pull yourself out of your chasm of despair, you’ll move on to a full. Joyful life. It takes a conscious effort to rise from the… Continue reading Losing a Loved One and Learning to Live Again – A Personal Experience-Part 4

Grief

Losing a Loved One and Learning to Live Again – A Personal Experience-Part 3

Part 3 - Depression, Reflection & Loneliness After a loved one passes away, some people feel anger and go through a bargaining stage, blaming a higher entity, or promising to be a better person. I experienced a brief depression (to be expected), but reflection and loneliness were more prevalent for me. The loss of my… Continue reading Losing a Loved One and Learning to Live Again – A Personal Experience-Part 3

Grief

Losing a Loved One and Learning to Live Again-A Personal Experience-Part 2

Part 2 - Pain and Guilt When I returned to the rehab hospital the next morning, my husband was distraught. He claimed no one would tell him where he was, and they wouldn’t give him a phone to call me. Anguish colored his voice. “I told them you would never leave me. I worried you… Continue reading Losing a Loved One and Learning to Live Again-A Personal Experience-Part 2

Grief

Losing a Loved One and Learning to Live Again – A Personal Experience-Part 1

Part 1 - Shock and Denial Death is inevitable but that doesn’t make it any easier when you lose your spouse, your parent, your child, or a beloved pet. In my case, it was my husband. It doesn’t matter if they have been deteriorating from the ravages of cancer or alzheimers (you fill in the… Continue reading Losing a Loved One and Learning to Live Again – A Personal Experience-Part 1