Emerging Voices is a book of the poetry and artwork that I created in 2010 to describe the feelings of grief and loss I experienced after the death of my husband of 42 years. The bereavement community, friends and family encouraged me to share what I had written because my poems reached out and touched others in a profound way, regardless of the type of loss the reader had experienced. ?Loss is most often associated with the death of a loved one; but feelings of loss also come from: * divorce or a relationship breakup * loss of a friendship* loss of health or one's physicality * loss of a cherished dream. Sometimes it feels as if the pain and sorrow from loss will never let up. ?These emotions are very raw and really hurt, but accepting them as part of the grieving process and allowing yourself to feel what you feel is necessary for healing.?Grief and mourning is a poignant process - each one of us experiences that journey in our own way.
The healing process is just that, a process, and there is no magic time for an individual's grieving to end. ?While leaving a permanent wound on your heart and soul, in time grief softens its hold. ?This tender wound can be reopened without warning by an unexpected nuance or life event, and sorrow takes hold once again. The difference is that these unexpected moments don't last as long as they did in the beginning and healing continues.
* Instead of a series of stages, we might think of the grieving process as a roller coaster, full of ups and downs, highs and lows. Like many roller coasters, the ride tends to be rougher in the beginning, the lows may be deeper andl#`
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