Reach in you pocket, wallet, or purse and pull out a bill, for me that is a 20 dollar bill. Now look at it and frocus on the different element of the bill. Where was it made? Have you been there and if so how did you like it?
How are you going to spend that money? Put gas in the car, buy groceries, or pay bills. maybe you'll save it - who knows?
When my parents died, they were different things to different people - mother, father, daughter, son, brother, sister... you get the picture. So when my mom died I had to think about others, how was she going to be memorialized. What things did her sister and my cousins want or not want to do. It could be all about what I wanted to do.
Getting back to that bill that you are holding... you could spend it allon yourself or you could take part of that an do something for someone else - buy yourself lunch and spend the rest on a greeting card to brightens someone else's day.
Even though it is hard to think with your head while grieving, it is possible to think with your head and your heart... difficult, but possible. We can still be considerate of others and let them publicly remember our loved one even though we might have done it in a different fashion. Sometimes there is no right or wrong... it just is.
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Episode 217 - The Fog of Grief
Episode 216 - Does the Grief Ever Stop Hurting So Much?
Episode 215 - Grief Platitudes Revisited... Where Have I Been
Episode 214 - Those Who've Been Forgotten In Grief
Episode 213 - A Birthday, An American President, and Grief...and Maybe Hope
Episode 212 - In Grief, Asking for Help is Still A Struggle
Episode 211 - Grief and trhe Things We Tthink That We Can't Do
Episosde 210 - A Fire, COVID, and Grief
Episode 209 - Speaking On What Caused Your Grief
Episode 208 - Speaking Grief... A Conversation With Lindsey Whissel Fenton
Episode 207 - The Continuing Education Credits of Grief
Episode 206 - In Grief, I still Struggle With Some Things
Episode 205 - Grief and the Apology Letter
Episode 204 - In Grief, Forever is Not Always Forever
Bonus: My Father's Day Appearance On The Bereavement Room Podcast
Episode 203 - We Are Not Always Together In Grief
Episode 202 - Riots, Understanding and Grief
Episode 201 - The Evolution Of Grief
Episode 200 - Even in Grief, Change Changes
Episode 199 - COVID-19 And Grief Are More Related Than I Realized
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