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Tag: Bereavement

Elizabeth Hetherington | "It’s all the love you want to give but cannot. All of that unspent love gathers up in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in that hollow part of your chest. Grief is just love with no place to go."
May 14, 2019September 12, 2019Kimberly

Quotes to support you through grief

“It’s all of that unspent love gathers up in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in that hollow part of your chest. Grief is just love with no place to go.”

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When you meet someone in deep grief | Life After Elizabeth
March 25, 2019March 25, 2019Kimberly

When you meet someone in deep grief

Slip off your shoes,
and set them by the door.

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When Great Trees Fall - Maya Angelou
December 26, 2018March 25, 2019Kimberly

When Great Trees Fall

Our senses, restored, never
to be the same, whisper to us.
They existed. They existed.
We can be. Be and be
better. For they existed.

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the different stages of grief | Kimberly Hetherington
December 11, 2018October 8, 2019Kimberly

The shape of grief

At some stage, after Elizabeth’s death, I was given a three-page pamphlet on ‘How to Cope with the Loss of a Sibling’. I have no memory of who gave it to me or when, but I remember reading it one night when I couldn’t sleep.

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Life After Elizabeth - Momento Mori
December 17, 2017September 12, 2019Kimberly

Memento Mori

We can choose to meet death like a great opponent about to begin an epic sword fight. We grow in size by our ability to live life in its absolute fullness. We let no moment of beauty pass under our nose without sniffing it and hugging it and holding it close.

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How do we celebrate the death of a loved one? | Life After Elizabeth
October 12, 2017October 4, 2019Kimberly

Honoring the death of a loved one

Having someone you love die feels like suddenly getting yanked by the collar of your shirt and being dragged at breakneck speed through the clouds and then gently being released into the atmosphere.

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