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“Mum!' I screamed into the darkness. The word that causes me the most pain. The word that, to everyone else, brings the opposite. Brings them warmth, and love, and light, and understanding, and stability and security.”

Book:How Hard Can Love Be?

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How Hard Can Love Be?

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“I grieved my situation; I grieved the fact that the fines existed and I was to be held to some higher standard. I grieved my arrests and fines and penalties with ferocity, but I did not grieve the actions that got me into these circumstances. I grieved my pain but I did not grieve my sin. In fact, I did not believe in sin, so I let it continue to destroy my life as I hopelessly, cluelessly, and despondently wondered what on earth was wrong. I repeated the same mistakes, feeling bad for myself, hating the consequences, but never changing a thing.”

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Book:Pursued: God’s relentless pursuit and a drug addict’s journey to finding purpose

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“I was grieved that my life had come to this point; it had all happened so quickly. I just found myself running from one thing to the next and the things I was using to cope started more problems in and of themselves. The cycle spiraled out of control when one coping mechanism created consequences that led to the next coping mechanism, which created consequences, and on and on, without ever addressing the hurt and confusion inside.”

Running Grief Coping Mechanisms Coping Mechanism

Book:Pursued: God’s relentless pursuit and a drug addict’s journey to finding purpose

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“Her grief had felt so heavy and she had wanted to find somewhere to put it, a container big enough and strong enough and old enough to hold it. She'd wanted to share it.”

Religion Faith Grief Heavy Esther Ink Blood Sister Scribe Emma Törzs Esther Kalotay

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“I'd learned the hard way that when people ask you how you're doing after a loved one's death, they don't really want to know. They want to hear that you've moved on because they can't stand to look at your pain. And when I didn't move on, the emails gradually trickled to nothing.”

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Book:The Collected Regrets of Clover

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“Even though there are still things to talk and sing and laugh about in this life, there are also things to miss and lament and grieve, too. Both are welcome and both are necessary.”

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Book:The Words We Lost

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