grief-inspirational-bereavement

I pulled a dirty black sweatshirt from the laundry basket on my son__ floor and tried to drink in his scent, to savor the essence of my sweet boy. I inhaled it long and hard, wanting to permanently implant all of him in my brain, to make him last forever.

I will always wear this scar. It's called love.

Grief, we know where we've been. We know where we want to be.

But in all of the sadness, when you__e feeling that your heart is empty, and lacking, You__e got to remember that grief isn__ the absence of love. Grief is the proof that love is still there.

Maybe there is no one way to deal with grief, but knowing that we're not totally alone is the best we can do.

On grief. We know where we've been. We know where we want to be.

Loss is only temporary when you believe in God!

When everything looks the same on the outside, yet everything has changed on the inside, we break. We break in half.This is the duality of loss.

Perhaps ... To R.A.L.Perhaps some day the sun will shine again,And I shall see that still the skies are blue,And feel one more I do not live in vain,Although bereft of you.Perhaps the golden meadows at my feet,Will make the sunny hours of spring seem gay,And I shall find the white May-blossoms sweet,Though You have passed away.Perhaps the summer woods will shimmer bright,And crimson roses once again be fair,And autumn harvest fields a rich delight,Although You are not there.But though kind Time may many joys renew,There is one greatest joy I shall not knowAgain, because my heart for loss of YouWas broken, long ago.

Adoption is a beautiful, burdensome blessing.