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Immersed in Grief's Mysteries
"Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul." ~Luther Burbank Gardens have been medicine for my soul for years. This year the abundance of beauty and cycling blooms in the flower gardens have kept me captivated. In fact, they've held me hostage long into the …
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11. Seven weeks later you'll wander into your mother's guest room looking for something. Sitting in the alcove under the east window are nine plants. Wilted, dropping leaves, forgotten. Drooping with devastating disappointment. The flower gardens, the winter-tough deck plants, they've received your loving care since before your mom died. But these plants? Your mother placed them …
Regina's Closet: Finding My Grandmother's Secret Journal ~Diana Raab Part memoir, part diary of the author's grandmother Regina, Regina's Closet kept my attention page after page. It was a fast read I could hardly put down. The author has woven her emotional struggle to process her grief with excerpts from her grandmother's diary given to …
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"...and thus, my mother's death is woven into my life." ~Bonnie A. McKeegan
"Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads, which sew people together through the years." ~Simone Signoret From Wikipedia: Simone Signoret (French: [simɔn siɲɔʁɛ]; 25 March 1921 – 30 September 1985) was a French cinema actress often hailed as one of France's greatest film stars. She became the first …
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A quote by Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) about life, death, love, and joy. Love bridges the space between us and our deceased loved ones.
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