Category Archives: My story

Tears Come With Joy and Sorrow

Posted on August 18, 2016 by Greet Grief

I visit my first husband’s grave to tell him that our son is getting married and I tear up. And when I see our daughter in her wedding gown for the first time, the same thing happens. Two children getting … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, family, grandparents, grieving, Life's Losses, My story, parents, Relationships, Transitions, Uncategorized | Tagged celebration, daughter, family, funerals, joy, life, Loss, losses, matriarch, memories, mother, son, sorrow, tears, truth, wedding | 2 Comments

Looking Death in the Face – The Story of a Naïve Nurse

Posted on October 8, 2015 by Greet Grief

I draw the shortest straw among the three night nurses on my unit. Despite that I have less than six-months on the job, I’m the one floating to another floor (going to a different unit that you aren’t usually assigned … Continue reading →

Posted in caregiving, death, Grief, grief at work, growth, Lessons from others, My story | Tagged Arkansas Times, cemetary, David Koon, death, disease, dying, HIV-AIDS, homophobia, hospital, Nurse, race, Religion, Ruth Coker Burks, sexual orientation, treatment | 6 Comments

Forever Young – Grieving the Passage of Time

Posted on August 16, 2015 by Greet Grief

I see the picture of the three of us. Framed in silver, it sits on the marble-top console table that had been my grandmother’s. I mention the picture when it catches my eye as I sit in my mother’s living … Continue reading →