tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580898742645753422.post4866548859241464063..comments2023-10-01T10:27:21.384-04:00Comments on the art of grief: musings after one yearabandonedsoulshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06020499806998154330noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580898742645753422.post-64513518382482536822010-02-20T10:50:31.458-05:002010-02-20T10:50:31.458-05:00Congratulations on winning the contest! You are a...Congratulations on winning the contest! You are accomplishing great things, even while living through your grief. I hope you are proud of all you're doing while grieving your Dragon. For us to function and grieve is huge. Give yourself a big pat on the back!!! I love your new website!! <br /><br />Masefield's poem was Austin's favorite. He'd memorized it in high school and would recite it once in a while. My Mom did a cross stitch of the poem and it hangs in our sailboat. The poem was read when we spread his ashes. And as someone who feels the same healing power from the sea, but was scared to face the reality of being at the sea without him, I have to tell you that you must get back to the sea, if only for a while. The sea has a way of transcending the grief, of soothing the grief, of bringing peace. San Diego anyone????Debbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743446066024389563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580898742645753422.post-45799424363418107632010-02-18T11:56:27.992-05:002010-02-18T11:56:27.992-05:00I am so happy that you won! Your photos and art a...I am so happy that you won! Your photos and art and words always fill me with awe. I think the first year is filled with not only grief, but shock. You might forget for just a moment and then you awake and the first thought is that our loved one is gone and it is a shock--a daily shock. I don't think the second year or the third really get any easier--perhaps that shock mellows, but now comes the real grief because now...it all becomes so very real.Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03399435237919718544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6580898742645753422.post-81873605924620044992010-02-18T09:06:17.736-05:002010-02-18T09:06:17.736-05:00Congratulations on winning the Camp Widow photo aw...Congratulations on winning the Camp Widow photo award and being in the newsletter. What amazing accomplishments! The photos in this post are breathtaking.<br /><br />You have just gone through a very tiring and tumultuous journey marked by the significant calendar year. Time is needed for the dust to settle and for you to have some time where your mind isn't spinning with so many words and images. I think it is okay for all us to have moments where we just be and just are. Where we can put aside all that we have been remembering and thinking about and let our minds rest for a little while. <br /><br />I know these following words will not provide much comfort - they are only mere words. But I do want to relate that despite the events of the past year, you have gone on to create art and help soothe other broken hearts. There is power, strength, love, truth and great beauty in that achievement. The photo award and newsletter article will serve to reach others and inspire hope. Thank you for the inspiration you provide to all of us every day.Widow in the Middlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01598249263166943162noreply@blogger.com