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Mourning is a part of the process and takes each person a different amount of time. Ultimately, it is us that chooses how long that process takes. It goes like this...
Stage 1: Denial
Stage 2: Anger
Stage 3: Acceptance
When you are ready, have a little bbq... use what you find handy to keep the fire going, you know... like pictures and stuff. Not burning them out of spite, bitterness, or malice... but an active ceremony that you are ready to move on and let your heart heal (reaching stage 3). Top the ceremony off with an ice cream sandwich.
The hardest thing for me to do was throw away a BUNCH of memories. I couldn't do it for a long time. Once I did, I felt like a weight lifted. I really did have to make it like a planned ceremonial thing just to get up the nerve to go through with it. Burned a bunch of stuff in my fire pit... cried like a baby... then rearranged the house and made it mine... not ours. Wish I had thought about the ice cream sandwich. That would have been a nice way to top it off.
Stage 1: Denial
Stage 2: Anger
Stage 3: Acceptance
When you are ready, have a little bbq... use what you find handy to keep the fire going, you know... like pictures and stuff. Not burning them out of spite, bitterness, or malice... but an active ceremony that you are ready to move on and let your heart heal (reaching stage 3). Top the ceremony off with an ice cream sandwich.
The hardest thing for me to do was throw away a BUNCH of memories. I couldn't do it for a long time. Once I did, I felt like a weight lifted. I really did have to make it like a planned ceremonial thing just to get up the nerve to go through with it. Burned a bunch of stuff in my fire pit... cried like a baby... then rearranged the house and made it mine... not ours. Wish I had thought about the ice cream sandwich. That would have been a nice way to top it off.
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I can't believe this dumb whiny thread is still alive. Who's the infant that started this one???
Oh..snap-a-palooza it was yours truly. If I were a catholic I'd recommend you all for sainthood for putting up with my skylarking & tomfoolery,but seeing as how Jesus already made you saints once you got under the bloodstream,me doing it would be a tad verbose & loquacious!
Oh..snap-a-palooza it was yours truly. If I were a catholic I'd recommend you all for sainthood for putting up with my skylarking & tomfoolery,but seeing as how Jesus already made you saints once you got under the bloodstream,me doing it would be a tad verbose & loquacious!
Eh... no... you are good dude. I think this is a good topic. A lot of us have dealt with this. Maybe someone might find something helpful in this thread. I know it has been nice to know I am not the only one that has felt that way. I'm sure others will find some comfort in that as well. Not a misery loves company kind of thing... but a sharing in the various struggles kind of way.
