Saturday's Sayings - The Nature of Grief and Healing… - Part Three

Saturday's Sayings

The Nature of Grief and Healing…

Part Three

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Grief causes a fog to roll into our lives. The fog of grief can affect our ability to think or concentrate. This fog often sets in right after a loved one has died. But even after the shock wears off, the fog can linger or come and go for a long time.

One grieving man told me how he came out of a grocery store, pushed his cart full of groceries to his car, then got in his car and drove home---leaving the groceries behind. Another woman described how she'd read the same page of a book five or six times and still couldn't remember what she'd read.

What happens is that our grief gets so heavy that it surrounds us, clouds our minds, and interferes with our ability to think clearly. We're on overload.

People describe this feeling in many ways: "going through the motions," "a robotic existence," "functioning at 50 percent," "forgetful and confused," on a 10-second time delay," or "disoriented and indecisive," to name just a few.

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I can't stop this pain inside of me

I can't stop the tears from falling

The silence ever after

is such a lonely place to be.

~Grieving Mother, TeriAnn Sargent

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I am the loneliness of the tree as she

loses her falling leaves

I am the long winter that yearns for spring's return

I am the cold wind that blows through the soul

I am the thunder that trembles through the dark night

I am the tears that fall like pouring rain

I am the love without end

I am the grieving heart.

~Grieving mother, TeriAnn Sargent

Graphics, thanks to:
~Grieving Mothers
~2012: Love and Loss
~Out of the Ashes
~2012: Love and Loss
~Grieving mother, Janet Morris Costley
~2012: Love and Loss
~2012: Love and Loss
~2012: Love and Loss
~2012: Love and Loss
~Out of the Ashes
~2012: Love and Loss
~My grieving heart
~2012: Love and Loss
~2012: Love and Loss
~My grieving heart