Category Archives: parents

Tears Come With Joy and Sorrow

Posted on August 18, 2016 by Greet Grief

I visit my first husband’s grave to tell him that our son is getting married and I tear up. And when I see our daughter in her wedding gown for the first time, the same thing happens. Two children getting … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, family, grandparents, grieving, Life's Losses, My story, parents, Relationships, Transitions, Uncategorized | Tagged celebration, daughter, family, funerals, joy, life, Loss, losses, matriarch, memories, mother, son, sorrow, tears, truth, wedding | 2 Comments

Forever Young – Grieving the Passage of Time

Posted on August 16, 2015 by Greet Grief

I see the picture of the three of us. Framed in silver, it sits on the marble-top console table that had been my grandmother’s. I mention the picture when it catches my eye as I sit in my mother’s living … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, death, Faith, family, Grief, grieving, My story, parents, Spirituality, Uncategorized | Tagged ageing, Bob Dylan, Christian, Christianity, death, Eternal Life, faith, fears, Forever Young, God, hope, mortality, mother, parent | 6 Comments

Buried in Clutter, Lost in Denial

Posted on December 16, 2014 by Greet Grief

Our elderly neighbors seldom come outside despite the park-like setting of their suburban yard. We watch the exterior of their home deteriorate from lack of paint, boards coming loose and holes from animals welcoming decay. Three walls of the home’s … Continue reading →