Tag Archives: tears

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

What Makes Your Grief Bubble Up?

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Greet Grief

“My grief bubbles up at the most random times,” she says as we find ourselves talking about our losses during our coincidental meeting in the YMCA locker room. Days later I think of her words when my eyes fill with … Continue reading →

Posted in Grief, grieving, Healing, Lessons from others, Life's Losses, My story | Tagged emotions, funerals, grief, grief work, Loss, tears, volcano, widowers, widows | 7 Comments

We Pay for Living with Blood

Posted on June 5, 2014 by Greet Grief

Sitting in my favorite cane-backed rocking chair in front of the open screened window enjoying the view of the lake, I feel depressed. It has been a colder-than-normal winter and now it is a wetter-than-normal spring and I long to … Continue reading →