Category: LOVE AND GRIEF
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There’s no Green at Waverley
Green 💚 represents the heart chakra. So that’s why I have chosen this title today I am listening to Nirijan Kaur as I write this and “I am” comes on next and I am reminded of the manifestation chart you sent me three years ago with the words IAM written on the heart in the…
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MY DEFENCE MECHANISM IS SELF DESTRUCTIVE
A recent group family outing photograph, allowed me to see the health damage I have been inflicting upon myself. Allowing winter weight to pile on the pounds is my familiar “go to” defence mechanism whenever I am struggling emotionally. It’s a pattern deliberately (whether consciously or subconsciously) I see myself absorbing when faced with emotions…
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Amistad
Fuimos Amigos con Derechos Y ahora solamente somos buenos amigos Cómo extraño tu presencia Cómo mis brazos están vacíos Siempre deseo lo mejor para ti Aunque me duele, es bueno ser que estás feliz Nunca me olvidas amigo mío Cuando me necesitas por cualquier cosita llámame Cuando, no importa la hora, ni dónde estás o…
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Who am I
As a child on Friday night bathtime, ( yes in 50s and 60s we had no showers so bathtime was a big event) and it was the only time you could be truly alone. So there I would be about 10 or 12 years old sitting in water growing ever cold wondering who I was…
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EMPATHY
It can only go so far to say you have experienced something almost identical or similar, because really we have not. This has affected me so deeply. What happens when you see a dear friend go through the loss of their husband, the love of their life, and then see that in turn trigger a…
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NO TIMELINE FOR GRIEF
Yesterday whilst talking with my dear friend, I was reminded how although Helen Kubler Ross described the stages of grief so eloquently (and this is generally accepted by bereavement support counsellors all over the world) there is and never will be a timeline for those stages. Loss, especially when met within a loving partnership heightens…
Dawn Loves Buttercups 