Grief and Loss: 5 Lessons We Can Learn from Losing a Loved One
The older we get the more likely it is that we will be touched by the grief of losing someone we love.
I lost my father nearly two and a half years ago.
Losing him knocked the foundation right out from under me. I felt as if I was in “free fall” for the first three or four months afterward. Nothing seemed “real” and nothing much mattered to me. It was as if I was awake but, in a “dream.”
I went through all the stages of grieving from shock and sorrow, to loneliness and missing him (still do). I even lost my appetite for a while, which is highly unusual for me. And for once didn’t worry about eating diet food either. (more…)
