Theme: Grief Work and Healing Journey My first trip to Walmart after my mom passed away, I was picking up groceries and looking for a journal that I could use along with my Grief Share workbook because there's journal prompts. I thought a journal would be good to write through my grief process, and I didn't want to use the journal I already had, which didn't have many blank pages left anyway. Instead of a regular blank journal, I ended up finding a "Wellness Journal." I chose this journal because of how I'd suffered from depression in the past, because of how I was beginning my grief ..read more

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  Theme: Grief Work and Healing Journey Even when you're in the midst of grief, it's important to find things that can bring you a bit of happiness. For me, that was going to the Brevard Zoo in Florida and gradually posting all of the pictures and videos I captured during my visit. It made me want to dedicate my social media to nature and wildlife because of how much happiness it brought me. I hope you enjoy them! Here are my favorite zoo videos: NOTE: When you click on the video to play it, the image will appear vertically. Playful Lion Length: 1:15 Read more ..read more

  Theme: Grief Work and Healing Journey I have two entries for U. First up, Use. Not only did I use my mom's perfume, but I used other items, too. Rings: The first thing I did was put my mom's high school graduation ring and the ring she left me in her will (a golden ring with a garnet stone in it that belonged to my paternal grandmother, which was gifted to my mom) on a necklace so I could have them with me day and night, everywhere I went, over my heart. Earrings: While going through my mom's things, I came across a pair of earrings I had bought her in November 2022. They were ..read more

  Theme: Grief Work and Healing Journey I've listened to the Christian Music Radio Station Z88.3 FM for many years now. I like the uplifting music they play, and I know people who don't even identify as Christian who use this station as a primary source for listening when they're in their car. That's how awesome the music is. Anyway, at a Grief Share meeting, the hosts like to play a song to start each session. They've played songs I knew, and songs that were newer, such as the one below. I had heard it maybe once or twice before, but I hadn't paid attention to the lyrics. I did this ti ..read more

  Theme: Grief Work and Healing Journey Sammy the Teddy Bear is the physical manifestation of Sammy the Teddy Bear in my mom's children's books A Gregory Green Adventure Series. I bought him for my mom in 2017 to have fun with my mom and to promote her children's books. My mom and I had a ton of fun with Sammy. He’s badass. See for yourself: Sammy went to book events. He has his own Wookie backpack. Read more ..read more

  Theme: Grief Work and Healing Journey One thing you'll hear is to take your time. Don't rush. Don't change things too soon. And there is wisdom in that. Taking your time ensures that you're ready for the next steps and don't do something or get rid of something that you'll later regret. However, not everyone grieves the same way. And for some, waiting might be the painful part. REMOVING: The day my mom passed away, I started to get rid of all her medical supplies. Yes, I was sobbing while removing the blood pressure cuff, forehead thermometer, pulse oximeter, bathroom scale, and beds ..read more

Theme: Grief Work and Healing Journey Dancing at the Pity Party: A Dead Mom’s Graphic Memoir by Tyler Feder A month and a half after my mom passed away, I read a book called Dancing at the Pity Party: A Dead Mom’s Graphic Memoir by Tyler Feder. Some people would say I shouldn’t have read it so soon, but it helped me in a few ways. 1) In the beginning, while the author remembered her mom before the diagnosis, I remembered some things about my mom and wrote them down in a new journal that I’ll be using specifically for that purpose, to preserve memories. Side Note: If you're keeping ..read more

Theme: Grief Work and Healing Journey MY MOM'S MEMORY JOURNAL:  April 8th, one month and three days after my mom passed away, I found a journal my mom was using to write down her life's memories. I had been looking for a keepsake journal that I knew she had, but I never found it. She must've gotten rid of it because she didn't care for the prompts but rather wanted to write whatever came to her mind instead. The journal is almost half full of memories. On the inside of the journal, she'd written: "I am writing this journal to record any memory of my life when I remember some event ..read more

  Theme: Grief Work and Healing Journey The week after my mom passed away, I went to Erna Nixon Park, a nature park with a nice, boarded pathway. I walked it with my dad and stepmom as a distraction, to get out of the house, and to be in nature. Before I left, I sat down on a bench in a little tree nook and spoke out loud to my mom. I don't remember what I said. Maybe I apologized for my what I regretted and felt guilty about, as I had times before then and times after that. I might've just told her I loved her and missed her. Or I did a combination of all of that. Either way, what I ..read more