-
Reprocessing Trauma – Blog #25
Read more: Reprocessing Trauma – Blog #25“Nobody will protect you from your suffering. You can’t cry it away or eat it away or starve it away or walk it away or punch it away or even therapy it away. It’s just there, and you have to survive it. You have to endure it. You have to live through it and love…
-
A New Normal – Blog #24
Read more: A New Normal – Blog #24“Survival mode is our new normal.” – Emily Graham, a bereaved parent. Living with the loss of my son has been a rollercoaster of lessons. The only defining truth that won’t ever change is that I will always be a grieving mother. After losing Ryan, I was told I would have to find my new…
-
Finding My Sunshine – Blog #23
Read more: Finding My Sunshine – Blog #23“Our greatest battles are that with our own minds.” – Jameson Fran The first time I really consciously thought about trying to change my mindset was when I decided to have my foot surgeries. Instead of focusing on the pain, I changed my words and thoughts to “this is what it feels like to heal.”…
-
Unbreakable Bonds – Blog #22
Read more: Unbreakable Bonds – Blog #22I am always fascinated at the timeless bond that is made in the four short years of high school. Four years is such a short amount of time when you look at a lifetime. Even though we only see eachother every once in a blue moon, and talk or message each other a couple times…
-
Improving Quality of Life – Blog #21
Read more: Improving Quality of Life – Blog #21“A range of studies reveal the powerful effects grief can have on the body. Grief increases inflammation, which can worsen health problems you already have and cause new ones. It batters the immune system, leaving you depleted and vulnerable to infection. The heartbreak of grief can increase blood pressure and the risk of blood clots.…
-
Complicated Grief – Blog #20
Read more: Complicated Grief – Blog #20I was completely overcome with thoughts of Ryan from the moment I found out about his accident. At first all I could do was try to get to him. My friends came over and were trying desperately to get me a plane to Texas. We have a tiny airport in our town that has commercial…
