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RS's avatar

Mari, I don't know how you do it but somehow you send exactly what I need to hear exactly when I need to hear it. I lost a beloved pet on Christmas after 14 years together and a couple of months of confusing health issues which, in hindsight, I wonder if she could have survived if I'd handled them differently. Your recent newsletters have resonated so deeply.

My grief mantra right now is "hold onto it gently." I have come to think of the guilt and the sorrow as sharp things that I will have to carry with me for the rest of my life, and if I grasp them too tightly it is so painful. If I hold onto them gently, I can carry them with me without so much pain.

Thank you for sharing so openly. Sending you strength and grace as you continue on your own journey. Whatever sharp things you might be carrying, hold on to them gently.

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Liz McCrocklin's avatar

I love this: “You make sense to me, you little sadness tourist.”

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