“I was just afraid to clamp the artery, for fear I'd stop feeling her once the bleeding stanched.”
Source: Shades of Rust and Ruin
“[...] while I grieved for him, I grieve for him, present tense, I have all these other loved ones - not to take his place but to keep me from seeing how empty it could be without him.”
“Brothers and sisters in Christ frequently point to the lament psalms for those grieving. It’s often said they always end in hope. But not all do. Some end in unanswered pleas (Ps. 44, 74, 80, 88). In the whirlwind, God displayed power to Job, not answers (Job 38–41). When Lazarus died, Jesus didn’t offer Mary a sermon or remind her that he wasn’t in pain anymore. Jesus wept (John 11:32–35). Similarly, the pieces in this
volume don’t always neatly resolve. They don’t always end in hopeful exhortations. Many end in silence. Silence is the sound of God listening.”
Source: Solum Journal Volume IV
“my mother’s grief is something that lives
in the nature of all things”
Source: coming here to die: polyphonic grief poetry
“and through your touch
I lived in your past”
Source: coming here to die: polyphonic grief poetry
“Questa è una storia di gente perduta. Non morta o scomparsa, di gente persa. A volte perdere una persona è facile come perdere un bottone. È prezioso, dai per scontato che sia sempre lì, poi ti impigli in qualcosa, o un filo si allenta o si logora, e – senza manco accorgertene, così da un momento all’altro – il bottone non c’è più. Capita così, a volte, anche con le persone. Ti volti e non ci sono più.”
Source: Istanzias - Racconti attorno al fuoco
“Wren missed her mother most at times like these, when she felt powerless and had no idea what to do. She looked at her hands as if an answer were written upon them.”
Source: Shark Heart
“Wren was disgusted with herself and then devastated. His work could no longer be discovered. She had lost him all over again.”
Source: Shark Heart
“And I am still mad. So mad. I can starve it, avoid it, rationalize it, manage it, talk about it in therapy, and eat it up in neat little points value. No matter how much weight I lose, I will never lose this one simple truth: I want my mom. I am so f***ing mad that she's gone. And that feeling will never, ever die.”
Source: The Dead Moms Club: A Memoir about Death, Grief, and Surviving the Mother of All Losses
“Many times, you will not get an easy victory, but if you persistently go on your knees, you will get victory.”
Source: A Manual for Victory