About a month ago, I invited readers of my blog to submit questions they had for a grieving parent . I wondered if there were questions that people had always wanted to ask but never quite had the courage to verbalize. I received some intriguing suggestions. In forthcoming blog posts, I am going to attempt to answer each question. It seemed most appropriate to begin this post on Charlotte's 7th birthday. The pain associated with grief takes many forms. As I mentioned recently, I often feel the pain ebb and flow like waves on a beach . There are times in my life, such as near holidays or anniversaries, where the waves seem tsunami sized. The pain is sharper. I am more sensitive to some of the things that "trigger" my sadness. I'm probably more grumpy and easier to anger as well (apologies to anyone that gets caught in the wake). Sometimes I feel like I might drown. Once the tsunami subsides, though, life resumes to this plac...
My periodic musings on life.