Tag Archives: challenge

Entering Into Grief – A Leap of Faith

Posted on July 24, 2014 by Greet Grief

I am ten years old; my knobby knees shaking as I stand upon the high diving board getting ready to jump as the last test of my abilities. After six weeks of swimming lessons, they think I am ready for … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood, Faith, family, Friends, Grief, growth, Inspiration, My story, Spirituality, Summer, Uncategorized | Tagged Beluga whale, breath, challenge, diving board, emotions, family, fear, friends, grief, leap of faith, life-jacket, Loss, Mark Nepo, pool, safety, summer, swimmer, swimming lessons, The Book of Awakening, water, waves | 4 Comments

A Loss Worth Celebrating

Posted on July 2, 2014 by Greet Grief

Jeff and I meet in June 1990 and grief is the topic of our first conversation. Both of us are young when our spouses die tragically and suddenly, leaving us with young children and changing our worlds forever. You can … Continue reading →

Posted in growth, Inspiration, Lessons from others, Life's Losses, My story, Relationships, Transitions | Tagged challenge, cope, death, flexibility, girlfriends, grief, holidays, husband, life's losses, losses, relationship, strategy, vacation, wedding, weekends, work | 2 Comments

The Versatile Blogger Award

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Greet Grief

I can count on one hand the amount of awards I have received. But on my 53nd birthday, just this past Saturday, December 14th, I received my first nomination for The Versatile Bloggers Award from my new blogger friend Suzanne … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Lessons from others | Tagged award, birthday, blog, catalyst, challenge, commonalities, curious, December, friends, grief, help, holidays, laugh, learning, navigate, nomination, strangers, survivors, technology, writers | 7 Comments

Living while dying – Part I

Posted on November 6, 2013 by Greet Grief

This is the first of a two-part story that I decided to write about a personal experience involving hospice since this is National Hospice and Palliative Care Month… This time it is lung cancer that has spread to lymph nodes … Continue reading →

Posted in Lessons from others, My story | Tagged assisted-living, challenge, change, dignity, emotionally, estate, executor, faith, friends, funeral, godchild, hope, hospice, love, lung cancer, lymph nodes, medically, nursing, palliative care, radiation, tears, therapy | 6 Comments

Gifts of Grief

Posted on August 21, 2013 by Greet Grief

Grandpa – 1973, Grandma – 1989, Chris – 1990, Dad – 1999, Jean – 2006, Carol – 2013. In less than five minutes my paper is full, filled with so many names, the dates of their deaths and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Lessons from others | Tagged alcoholic, angry, challenge, changed, cry, dates, death, elderly, gift, grief, healing, honor, lives, names, procrastinate, reflect, relationship, release, sorrow, suffering, talk, task, tears, wholeness, write | 2 Comments

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Entering Into Grief – A Leap of Faith

A Loss Worth Celebrating

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Living while dying – Part I

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