For the past two years and ten months, I have consciously avoided returning to Georgia, as it is where my sister resided. I left Georgia in October 2022, and since then, neither my daughter—whom my sister regarded as her own child—nor I have returned. While I am her biological mother, my sister played a significant […]
Tag: loss
Finding Hope After Loss: Embracing Your Grief
In my previous post, I wrote about my mother’s experiences coping with grief following the passing of my sister. However, I did not mention that this was not her first experience losing a child; in fact, it was her second. Before my brother Benjamin was born, she had another son who transitioned when he was […]
The Journey of My Mum: A Grieving Mother
Grief is a shadow that cloaks the heart, a weight that burdens the soul. I have written about my loss and how I have been dealing with it, but recently I looked at my mum talking about the loss of her nephew’s wife. I saw pain in her eyes, not that I hadn’t seen the […]
Spiraling……………
Recently, I realized I was regressing and everything I had written about dealing with grief was no longer working. I have been spiraling, almost out of control, and all the self-help books and readings were now not applicable, and I did not have a clue on how to slow myself down or even stop myself […]
Thus far……………
I am struggling with the loss of my sister; September was especially hard because that was the month I lost her. I still feel some type of way when I hear people talk about their sisters and their relationships with them, but like I told my mum, “This is the card I have been dealt.” […]
Shared Memories…………………….
While walking around at work trying to stretch my legs, I met one of our consultants putting a table together; we had not really had any interactions before. We only knew of each other. As I said hello and walked past him, he stopped to ask me questions about what I did for the company, […]