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Pre-algebra, it was called. That scared me, because it was already hard when it was a pre. What would happen when it was just algebra without the pre involved?
“Death feels savage, and to some extent, it is — but grief need not be vilified.”
― Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief
― Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief
“I remember asking how the world could continue spinning after such a tragedy. I wanted to scream at the cars driving past the cemetery. I wanted to yell at the birds in the trees casting shadows on her headstone. I wanted the grass to stop growing and the clouds to stop floating”
― Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief
― Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief
“When we love deeply, we mourn deeply; extraordinary grief is an expression of extraordinary love. Grief and love mirror each other; one is not possible without the other.”
― Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief
― Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief
“May there be such a oneness between us that when one weeps the other tastes salt. — KAHLIL GIBRAN”
― Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief
― Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief
“When others call into question our grief, defy our perennial relationship with those we love who have died, treat us as anathema and avoid us, and push us toward healing before we are ready, they simply redouble our burden. It almost seems that the only way to eradicate our grief would be to relinquish the love we feel — to disassemble our loved one’s place in our lives. But checking in with the wisdom of our heart, we see that is impossible. Grief and love occur in tandem.”
― Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief
― Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief
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