Comments on: Grief in Normalcy: What Happens After the First Year of Losing a Parent https://witanddelight.com/2019/08/grief-in-normalcy-losing-a-parent/ A Lifestyle Blog Mon, 17 Oct 2022 23:38:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 By: Lisa https://witanddelight.com/2019/08/grief-in-normalcy-losing-a-parent/#comment-699808 Mon, 17 Oct 2022 23:38:42 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=44812#comment-699808 Beautifully written and just what I needed as I embrace my own mothers 1st year anniversary.

]]> By: Trisha Blessed https://witanddelight.com/2019/08/grief-in-normalcy-losing-a-parent/#comment-692133 Fri, 03 Sep 2021 13:20:35 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=44812#comment-692133 In reply to Kim Steele.

Thank you, thank you, thank you. I don’t want this first anniversary to arrive, I’m so afraid of forgetting her!

]]> By: Kim Steele https://witanddelight.com/2019/08/grief-in-normalcy-losing-a-parent/#comment-685098 Wed, 30 Dec 2020 18:20:48 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=44812#comment-685098 Thank you for this post. My mother died at Thanksgiving time in this confusing year of 2020. It’s been tough, she was 89 and in good health able to care for herself. I spoke with her daily and when I didn’t hear from her knew something was wrong. It’s determined she suffered a stroke getting ready for bed. My daughter and I were scheduled to visit her for 3 weeks starting January 1st. I’m so sad at the cruelty of this year and appreciate your post about your journey. My daughter and I are still making the trip, and we will bond over the things my mother loved to do. Thank you again. Kim Steele

]]> By: Richie A. Comia https://witanddelight.com/2019/08/grief-in-normalcy-losing-a-parent/#comment-665893 Thu, 26 Mar 2020 19:52:54 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=44812#comment-665893 Thanks for sharing your journey with us.
I still have my Mom. She’s sprightly at 79; she still gets around, driving and such, and maintains a circle of friends with whom she interacts regularly.
But I know the sand is on the other side of her hourglass.
I can’t imagine life without her; I know it’s coming eventually, but I don’t know how I’ll react.
I hope I’ll be brave enough and remember some of the things you said.

]]> By: Ann https://witanddelight.com/2019/08/grief-in-normalcy-losing-a-parent/#comment-654815 Mon, 02 Sep 2019 15:18:49 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=44812#comment-654815 beautiful post

]]> By: Rita https://witanddelight.com/2019/08/grief-in-normalcy-losing-a-parent/#comment-654808 Mon, 02 Sep 2019 15:01:55 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=44812#comment-654808 I lost my Dad 2 years ago. I miss him terribly and it has been harder to deal with since I was not in town when it happened. But, I feel the hardest part of the whole thing has been my Mom’s grief. She is not coping well and my sister and I are at at a lose most of the time. Our grief is different from hers and it is sometimes hard to keep that in mind and to be patient. I suppose time is what will make it easier, but somehow I just don’t see it with her. Thank you for the post.

]]> By: Shafira https://witanddelight.com/2019/08/grief-in-normalcy-losing-a-parent/#comment-654786 Mon, 02 Sep 2019 03:32:12 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=44812#comment-654786 This is beautiful. Grief is something I don’t know how to explain like it is there, but gone – the person is gone. So it’s weird. Thank you for sharing this!

]]> By: Claire https://witanddelight.com/2019/08/grief-in-normalcy-losing-a-parent/#comment-654759 Sun, 01 Sep 2019 13:12:09 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=44812#comment-654759 Absolutely beautifully written and heartbreaking. I’m crying after one paragraph. Very well written and an important piece. Thank you for sharing.

]]> By: Linda https://witanddelight.com/2019/08/grief-in-normalcy-losing-a-parent/#comment-654699 Fri, 30 Aug 2019 17:50:59 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=44812#comment-654699 Lost my Mom Christmas morning 2018, her favorite holiday. My grief journey has been put on hold due to caregiving for my Father. The delayed grief that I have only just begun to endure, has been sometimes terrifying, she is gone, never able to touch her hand again, as I was with her while she took her final breath. I talk to her in the morning and share some sad and happy thoughts, but, what really is happy? She’s gone. In heaven with the angels, and at peace and no longer in pain, that is the only gift I see for her. I felt a glimmer of hope and peace while reading your post. Have read it at least six times since yesterday.
Hoping that her life isn’t over, that she has connected with past friends, and will live another life with the Lord, and holding hands with the angels, having someone to not be alone. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for sharing your grief journey, as the journey truly never ends, it is different, bearable some days, and others not.
I miss my Mom.🙏❤️

]]> By: Ravi Gupta https://witanddelight.com/2019/08/grief-in-normalcy-losing-a-parent/#comment-654684 Fri, 30 Aug 2019 06:44:16 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=44812#comment-654684 Everybody want to read this awesome blog. thanks for sharing !

]]> By: Gus Jaramillo https://witanddelight.com/2019/08/grief-in-normalcy-losing-a-parent/#comment-654652 Thu, 29 Aug 2019 14:54:03 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=44812#comment-654652 Just lost my wife a month ago.
The pain and anguish is just to fresh for me know. I feel lost and scared without my girl.
Hopefully I can gain some sort of peace, like you have but I know that right now it’s just to much to process at the moment.

]]> By: FT https://witanddelight.com/2019/08/grief-in-normalcy-losing-a-parent/#comment-654634 Thu, 29 Aug 2019 05:32:00 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=44812#comment-654634 Thank you for sharing. I lost my dad last November, and everything after his passing has been a blur. .. Reading your post and the comments has been comforting.

]]> By: Bradford https://witanddelight.com/2019/08/grief-in-normalcy-losing-a-parent/#comment-654632 Thu, 29 Aug 2019 02:36:53 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=44812#comment-654632 Oh, Raven, what a lovely post. As a remembrance of your mom, an act of self-care for you and your grieving, and a generous gift to those of us walking the same road you are (and, hopefully, those who haven’t yet). I lost both of my parents within the last year and it has been an arduous journey, to be sure. It’s been incredibly challenging dealing with all those – SO many – who expect me to just go on as before and get “back to normal”. I could go on and on but best to simply say “Thank you!” Wishing you peace on your journey.

]]> By: Sarah K Wyland https://witanddelight.com/2019/08/grief-in-normalcy-losing-a-parent/#comment-654617 Wed, 28 Aug 2019 16:16:30 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=44812#comment-654617 Beautiful post. I lost my mom a bit expectantly in April and the grief is still raw and comes in waves. Still, I could identify with this post. Thank you for sharing.

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