The hidden part of growing older isn’t just the loss of people, places, and all that we used to know, it’s also the selves we no longer get to be.
Tag: grief
On Being Together
Next year might not be the same, with the same people, and never in the same way.
An Autoethnographic Exploration of Sibling Suicide Bereavement
Life After Elizabeth is my thesis. It’s a journey through sibling suicide bereavement and the slow, often non-linear path of healing that followed.
The Quest for Life
If you don’t want to die, then why do you want to live?
The Well of Grief
The small round coins thrown by those who wished for something else…
Grief is not a task to finish
Grief is not something you complete. It’s a new dimension of self.
Honoring the Death of a Loved One
Unfortunately, the sentiment “time heals all wounds” doesn’t really apply when it comes to grief. At least not for me, or my parents. Together, we live in a world that still contains my sister as the rest of it seems to forget.
Coping with life after loss: Quotes about grief
“It’s all of that unspent love gathers up in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in that hollow part of your chest. Grief is just love with no place to go.”
When you meet someone in deep grief
Slip off your shoes,
and set them by the door.
The shape of grief
At some stage, after Elizabeth’s death, I was given a three-page pamphlet on ‘How to Cope with the Loss of a Sibling’.
Art Therapy with Kimberly 