When I first viewed this, I knew I would post it on our blog. What I also knew was I would share a brief synopsis of my own journey of grief. The one thing I discovered about grief is, it takes it own course and it is best to let it run the course it needs to go. When I lost mom, all that appeared to come forth was strength as I wanted to help dad through grieving his wife of 64 years. I was numb. And I could hardly believe it when dad died 3 months later and I found myself sitting back in that damn cemetery. Up to that point I had always viewed cemeteries with reverence for the deceased but seeing a headstone with both my parents names on it was horrifying. I learned we all grieve differently and we all grieve over different periods of time.

I was not able to control my grief and thankfully had the sense to go into therapy to help me understand why I could not get out of bed and why I was having severe memory loss. It took me 1 1/2 years to finally “come back to life”. I remember my hair stylist looking at me and saying, “you’re finally back”.

Grieving and allowing the grief to come out in whatever way it manifests itself is to be human. Today I can say that mom and dad are with me all the time and I know and am happy they are together. What I did not understand before they each passed was how grief would consume me. This short video, though based only only Christianity, depicts the very real emotions we all have to go through on the grief journey. 

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