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Join one mother and her community as she attempts to live a satisfying & successful life alongside intense grief.
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OK, So Who Are You Mystery Lady?
Blogging as a Method of Healing
I will work through my blog and photos to introduce myself and my life to you. I invite you to read over my story and allow it to be of support to you. Because we have the ability to interact, we have the ability to work together to heal.
Blogging as a Method of Healing
OK, So Who Are You Mystery Lady?
Blogging as a Method of Healing
We live in a world that moves very quickly, yet grief is a quagmire that is difficult to navigate and get through. Sometimes people have a hard time explaining how they feel, other times there seems to be no one available to listen…most times others don’t understand.
Words we should not live by “get over it”. Getting over something indicat
We live in a world that moves very quickly, yet grief is a quagmire that is difficult to navigate and get through. Sometimes people have a hard time explaining how they feel, other times there seems to be no one available to listen…most times others don’t understand.
Words we should not live by “get over it”. Getting over something indicates it is a hurdle meant to clear without thought. Grief is a sustained hurdle that one can’t simply jump over. Grief is a fire that one has been thrust into and must stand in the midst of until healing and growth are complete.
Perhaps you’ve lost a parent that has lived a long and fulfilling life or a loved one who battled illness for a very long time. The loss is still profound and the pain very deep but the healing may come a bit quicker than the loss of a young and/or well person. However, no loss is easy and you are welcome here no matter where you are in your grief journey.
OK, So Who Are You Mystery Lady?
OK, So Who Are You Mystery Lady?
OK, So Who Are You Mystery Lady?
My name is Jackie, and yours? Hi there grieving friend, it is nice to meet you; although, I'd have chosen to meet you elsewhere...anywhere but here. As a matter of fact, I wish you weren't here. Wait! Don't go, not yet. It's not that I don't want you here, it is that you are here because you hurt and I wish you didn't hurt. Well, we are t
My name is Jackie, and yours? Hi there grieving friend, it is nice to meet you; although, I'd have chosen to meet you elsewhere...anywhere but here. As a matter of fact, I wish you weren't here. Wait! Don't go, not yet. It's not that I don't want you here, it is that you are here because you hurt and I wish you didn't hurt. Well, we are together now so I guess I should tell you why I have done this.
On December 16, 1991, I gave birth to my second child, first son, Jonathan Louis. I certainly will tell you more later; however, I am going to cut through the long story, get to the end scene, and invite you in from there. On April 16, 2021, my third child, second son, Joshua, called me at stupid o'clock in the morning. I knew it wasn't a joke or some, "Hey Mom, how do you make mac n' cheese?" type of call because it opened with, "Mom, I need you to be awake, I need you to listen and hear me because I can't say this again. Jon is dead." With that, a chapter in our lives closed and the new one opened.
To say it has been a nightmare is to liken it to having a tree fall upon you and calling it "getting a splinter". Some days I handle myself well; others, not so much. I am human, you are human, and you are going to watch and participate in how humans act and react. Sometimes we grow and sometimes we are just not too graceful. I am here for both and promise to be open, honest, and to portray things in those ways...no matter how hard it is.
Hey friend, are you still here? Yeah, I am ok; right now but how are YOU? Has anyone asked you that lately? I am asking you now.
I am inviting you to do the following:
1. Read my blogs
2. Click chat and I will get back with you when I am able to. Right now, I don't know what kind of hours I will keep so it is probably better to go to the next step
3. Click contact me and leave me an email. I will answer it within 48 hours.
4. Comment on my blogs and post your thoughts. Please feel free to say as much or as little as you are comfortable with. I am here for all of us!
