As I’ve been going gangbusters creating content for DragonflyYou, something odd has been happening.
I’ve been trying to build a foundation of solid, helpful, and supportive information and advice for widows navigating their way through the loss of their spouses.
It’s been...
Widows need support. They need to know we care. That we're here for them.
Right?
Well, no. Not quite.
If you have these wonderfully big-hearted compassionate loved ones in your life, great! But if you need them to take a step back, feel free to share this letter with them.
Dear Favourite Person...
Grief hurts far more than we expect it to.
None of us are prepared for how much the death of a spouse hurts.
We expect to be sad. We expect to cry a lot, and feel out of sorts. But nothing we imagine even comes close to the tip of the iceberg.
For many of us, the most surprising pain is physical....
Grief is a Human Condition - not a medical one.
Grief is something you 'get over.'
Grief is something you have to heal from.
Grief is something you must overcome.
I disagree.
While the health care professions seem to see grief as something that automatically requires medication and therapy, I see...
Or, how to beat yourself up with guilt.
I rode in the front of the ambulance to Emergency that day. Holding his jacket and the one shoe I'd found on the road. In a daze, like it was happening to someone else.
Like in a dream, the next thing I remember was standing behind the rear doors as they...
More than a half century after this ground-breaking take on death and dying shone a new light on the medical profession's obsession with saving lives, the world seems to have taken an enlightening and helpful concept and shoved it down the throats of the wrong people.
A Little General Background
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