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I signed up for a "counselor" from church. She has been a widow for 11 years and meets with me once per week at my house. She brought me the book, Winter Grief, Summer Grace. I thought I would share some with you.
"Someone who has been a part of your days on earth no longer walks the earth with you. Life is not the same. And it hurts.
Autumn- the presence of that absence is everywhere.
Winter- can be the cruelest time if the year.
Spring-grief melts away like snow in May, as if there were no such cold thing.
Summer- you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling. I walk before The Lord in the land of the living. Psalm 116:8-9.
I have learned that as I release my hold, something will always remain, that as I bid farewell, someone will always abide. I have learned that love does not end- not even with death. It continues to express itself in ways ever new. "
I've only written snippets. This is a very good book and a short read. But, something that can be returned to over and over. To be reminded that the pain is only for a season. Not a year, but for changes that occur in us as a result of the loss and the Hope we have.
"Someone who has been a part of your days on earth no longer walks the earth with you. Life is not the same. And it hurts.
Autumn- the presence of that absence is everywhere.
Winter- can be the cruelest time if the year.
Spring-grief melts away like snow in May, as if there were no such cold thing.
Summer- you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling. I walk before The Lord in the land of the living. Psalm 116:8-9.
I have learned that as I release my hold, something will always remain, that as I bid farewell, someone will always abide. I have learned that love does not end- not even with death. It continues to express itself in ways ever new. "
I've only written snippets. This is a very good book and a short read. But, something that can be returned to over and over. To be reminded that the pain is only for a season. Not a year, but for changes that occur in us as a result of the loss and the Hope we have.
onemorehug
Thank you for sharing this. After reading your post, I think I just might have a good day today.
tlsom
So good! Thank you for sharing.
deleted_user
Thank you for sharing.
Maritele10
Thanks
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