Let me say this about grief. My grandmother died on April 14, 2017; I think. Dementia, stokes while escaping Katrina and heartache killed her some years ago. I marveled on how well I handled the grief. After all, she was almost 85, loved the Lord, lived well and had a held out as long as she could to that shell of her body. Intellectually I understood the inevitability of the end of life and seemed to handle it well. I did not attend her funeral, simply for reason being I did not want my last memory to be of her in a box, simply a void of what once was. I thought I had came to terms with losing her, I felt grief and all the emotions of it while she was here detoriating away.. But little did I know that grief had etched itself in my veins, arteries, deep in my bones and broke my body from the inside out.
Grief of Loss: My Momo
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So sorry for your loss. It’s hard to lose someone so dearly loved. I miss my parents and the son I lost so much! But the legacy my folks left carries forward to my descendants. Such love that they created is to be passed on. I know you will do the same!
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Thank you and I’m sorry for your loss as well. I lost my brother 6 months after he left New Orleans/Hurricane Katrina.. he survived the streets of New Orleans only to go to Minnesota and get shot over a parking spot… Im doing a whole lot better now but my stepmom is stuck grieving. Its hard..
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I’m so sorry to hear that. We must always be ready, That’s for sure. I know that it hurts. Blessings!
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