Tag Archives: grief work

What Makes Your Grief Bubble Up?

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Greet Grief

“My grief bubbles up at the most random times,” she says as we find ourselves talking about our losses during our coincidental meeting in the YMCA locker room. Days later I think of her words when my eyes fill with … Continue reading →

Posted in Grief, grieving, Healing, Lessons from others, Life's Losses, My story | Tagged emotions, funerals, grief, grief work, Loss, tears, volcano, widowers, widows | 7 Comments

Lost and Looking for Happy

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Greet Grief

I know I am wearing clothes and shoes, and that my toddler son is in my arms. There are people from all walks of life going in and out and pushing past us as I stare blankly at the menu. … Continue reading →

Posted in behavior, Bereavement, death, Grief, grieving, My story, Reflection, Single parenting | Tagged All of Me, gasping, grief, grief work, grieving, happiness, Happy Meal, healing, heartache, John Legend, Loss, McDonald's, numbness, sobbing, son, widow | 10 Comments

Busting Through Life and Death

Posted on July 17, 2014 by Greet Grief

Anne sits in the upholstered arm-chair in the front row of the visitation room at the local funeral home. Waiting for the funeral service to begin, she stares at the casket where a cascading blanket of red roses and her … Continue reading →