“If we can choose where to cry, at home or with a few people who will be fully understanding, perhaps we will feel easier. But if we can't - if we are in church and a hymn catches us off guard, or at a football game and we remember being there with a son or daughter now gone - well, the earth is our home and we can cry where we want.” PeopleIfsWantFeelsWellsHomeEarthRememberGamesUnderstandingChurchGoneCryFootballSonEasierDaughterGrievingBeing ThereHymnsFootball Game Author:Martha Whitmore Hickman
“As for inflicting our sorrow on other people, one does not want to go around blathering and crying all the time. But perhaps it is our gift to others to trust them enough to share our feelings with them. It may help them deal with some of their own.” PeopleWantMayDoeEnoughHelpingFeelingsDealsHealingShareCrySorrow Author:Martha Whitmore Hickman
“In a world of such beauty as birds in flight, surely I can come to feel at home again, even after my loss.” WorldFeelsI CanHomeLossBirdFlightBirds In Flight Author:Martha Whitmore Hickman
“Perhaps the reassuring thing about grieving is that the process will not be cheated.” ProcessGriefGrievingCheatedReassuring Author:Martha Whitmore Hickman
