Healing After Loss

...

HEALING AFTER LOSS Daily Meditations for Working Through Grief MARTHA WHITMORE HICKMAN ...

To Bill and Sudie ...

Contents Permissions 5 Introduction 7 January 1 1 February 1 32 March 1 60 April 1 91 May 1 121 June 1 152 July 1 182 August 1 2 ...

...

Permissions Grateful acknowledgment is given for permission to reprint from the following: “Annie Allen” by Gwendolyn Brooks. Fr ...

“The Lost Son” by Theodore Roethke. Copyright © 1948 by Theodore Roethke. “In a Dark Time” by Theodore Roethke. Copyright © 1960 ...

Introduction After the loss of a loved one there is, at first, a great buzz of activity as we make arrangements, as family and f ...

if we need to, or save it for a time when we feel stronger. We will be able to feel the spray on our face without a fear of drow ...

us better than an extended discussion. I am grateful to many people for making this book pos- sible—to the family and friends wh ...

...

JANUARY 1 ...I put down these memorandums of my affections In honor of tenderness, In honor of all of those who have been Conscr ...

JANUARY 2 The mind has a dumb sense of vast loss—that is all. It will take mind and memory months and possibly years to gather t ...

JANUARY 3 Love the moment, and the energy of that moment will spread beyond all boundaries. —CORITA KENT One of the most healing ...

JANUARY 4 It is the nature of grace always to fill spaces that have been empty. —GOETHE Not that we can’t tell the difference. N ...

JANUARY 5 When we need these healing times, there is nothing better than a good long walk. It is amazing how the rhythmic moveme ...

JANUARY 6 The best way to know God is to love many things. —VINCENT VAN GOGH After a severe loss, it is hard to venture any new ...

JANUARY 7 Regret is an appalling waste of energy. You can’t build on it. It is only for wallowing in. —KATHERINE MANSFIELD Of co ...

JANUARY 8 Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words And never stops at all. ...

JANUARY 9 Something quite unexpected has happened. It came this morning early. For various reasons, not in themselves at all mys ...