Raymond Mitsch > Quotes

“Those are the times when we may feel abandoned by our loved one. We may even feel angry with them, railing at them for having gone away and left us to cope alone.”
― Raymond Mitsch, Grieving the Loss of Someone You Love: Daily Meditations to Help You Through the Grieving Process

“The mind is paralyzed and overloaded.”
― Raymond Mitsch, Grieving the Loss of Someone You Love: Daily Meditations to Help You Through the Grieving Process

“Make it a goal today to reach out to others and be honest with them about your experiences (emotionally, physically, mentally), just now, within the storm.”
― Raymond Mitsch, Grieving the Loss of Someone You Love: Daily Meditations to Help You Through the Grieving Process

“In this fast-paced society of ours it is tremendously tempting to think, It’s been three weeks (or months). Why am I still having such a difficult time adjusting? The truth is, the very slowness of our healing is part of God’s plan. We should shun all suggestions that we hurry and “get back to normal.” The very thought is ridiculous. “Normal” has been changed forever. We can never “get back” to it. We must take the time to build, slowly and painstakingly, a new life, a new “normal.”
― Raymond Mitsch, Grieving the Loss of Someone You Love: Daily Meditations to Help You Through the Grieving Process

“There are times when getting through a day or an hour without stumbling across a reminder of our loved one seems to be our greatest challenge.”
― Raymond Mitsch, Grieving the Loss of Someone You Love: Daily Meditations to Help You Through the Grieving Process

“Are there times like that for you? Chores that you must now begin to do? Places you must now go alone?”
― Raymond Mitsch, Grieving the Loss of Someone You Love: Daily Meditations to Help You Through the Grieving Process