“Spring flowers are in blossom all over. The whole world’s a choir – and singing! Spring warblers are filling the forest with sweet arpeggios.”

~ Song of Solomon 2:12

Little Ways of Grief -- Day 7

The LORD is close to the brokenhearted 

and saves those 

who are crushed in spirit.

~ Psalm 34:18

Little Ways of Grief -- Day 6

We must accept finite disappointment, 

                                     but we must never lose infinite hope.

                                                                               ~Martin Luther King

Little Steps of Healing -- Day 6

Too often we underestimate 

the power of a touch, 

a smile, 

a kind word, 

a listening ear, 

an honest compliment, 

or the smallest act of caring—

all of which have the potential 

to turn a life around.  

~ Leo Buscaglia

Little Steps of Healing -- Day 5

A pearl is a beautiful thing 

That is produced by an injured life.

It is a tear from the injury of the oyster.

The treasure of our being in this world

Is also produced by an injured life.

If we had not been wounded,

                             If we had not been injured,

Then we will not produce the pearl.

~ Stephan Hoeller

Little Ways of Grief -- Day 4

Where you used to be, 

             there is a hole in the world, 

                                     which I find myself 

                                                constantly walking around in the daytime, 

                                                                                                and falling into at night.

  ~ Edna St. Vincent Millay

Little Steps of Healing -- Day 4

For I am the Lord,

Your God,

Who takes hold of your right hand

And says to you,

“Do not fear; I will help you.”

~ Isaiah 41:13

Little Steps of Healing -- Day 3

"If you are going through hell, 

keep going."
 

~ Winston Churchill

Little Ways of Grief -- Day 3

“We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.”

~ Kenji Miyazawa

Little Steps of Healing -- Day 2

Grief and sadness 

knit two hearts 

in closer bonds 

than happiness ever can; 

and common sufferings 

are far stronger 

than common joys.

~ Alphonse de Lamartine

Little Ways of Grief -- Day 2

Grief can’t be shared. 

Everyone carries it along, 

his own burden, 

his own way. 

~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Little Steps of Healing -- Day 1

My flesh 
and my heart 
may fail,
but
GOD IS
the strength of my heart
and my portion 
forever.


~Psalm 73:26

Little Ways of Grief -- Day 1

“It’s so curious…. 

One can resist tears and ‘behave’ very well 

in the hardest hours of grief. 

But then someone makes you a friendly sign

 behind a window, 

or one notices that a flower 

that was in bud only yesterday

 has suddenly blossomed, 

or a letter slips from a drawer . . . 

and  everything 

collapses.”  

~ Colette 

(Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, 1873-1954)