Comfort & Loss

Whether an illness affects your heart, your arm, or your brain, it’s still an illness, and there shouldn’t be any distinction. We would never tell someone with a broken leg that they should stop wallowing and get it together. We don’t consider taking medication for an ear infection something to be ashamed of. We shouldn’t treat mental health conditions any differently. Instead, we should make it clear that getting help isn’t a sign of weakness—it’s a sign of strength—and we should ensure that people can get the treatment they need.

You will survive and you will find purpose in the chaos. Moving on doesn’t mean letting go.

Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time. It tell us to tell each other right now that we love each other.

Be the things you loved most about the people who are gone.”

If there ever comes a day when we can’t be together, keep me in your heart, I’ll stay there forever.

Perhaps they are not the stars in the sky, but rather openings where our loved ones shine down to let us know they are happy.

An eternal memory…until we meet again: Those special memories will always bring a smile if only I could have you back for just a little while. Then we could sit and talk again just like we used to do, you always meant so very much and always will do too. The fact that you’re no longer here will always cause me pain, but you’re forever in my heart until we meet again.

What we once enjoyed and deeply loved we can never lose, for all that we love deeply becomes part of us.

When someone you love becomes a memory, that memory becomes a treasure

Those we love don’t go away, they walk beside us every day…unseen, unheard, but always near, still loved, still missed, and very dear.

The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not ‘get over’ the loss of a loved one; you will learn to live with it. You will heal and you will rebuild yourself around the loss you have suffered. You will be whole again but you will never be the same. Nor should you be the same nor would you want to

Bereavement is the sharpest challenge to our trust in God; if faith can overcome this, there is no mountain which it cannot remove.

What if everything you are going through is preparing you for what you asked for?

Say not in grief that they are gone, but give thanks that they were yours

Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality.

We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey