Thoughts on the Grief Process
Thoughts on Grief My 53 year old son laid down to take a nap on Dec 12, 2015 and never woke up. This event has left a great hole in my heart. Grief – the grieving process, and it is a process – a process that just keeps on going. It takes many forms but it is never really over. It is a lot like riding the waves – sometimes you are up, and other times you are down, and there is no way of predicting when the next wave will grab you. Just when you think you are really going to be over it – something comes along to ramp it up again. A memory of an event, or a birthday, or the anniversary of their passing, or a picture that you come across, or a favorite song that you hear on the radio. It could be anything. And your feelings spiral up down and around, leaving you with your sadness once again. As I write this, Joe has been g...