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1 " We do not have control over many thingsin life and deathbut we do have controlover the meaning we give it. "
― Nathalie Himmelrich , Grieving Parents: Surviving Loss as a Couple
2 " Never compare your grief.You - and only youwalk your path. "
3 " We do not "get over" a death. We learn to carry the grief and integrate the loss in our lives. In our hearts, we carry those who have died. We grieve and we love. We remember. "
4 " Grieving is intense and it is non-stop intense. Even if things are quiet, and you're sitting there in your chair, kind of staring off into space, inside, the intensity is raging. - Lori Ennis "
5 " We do not have control over many things in life and death but we do have control over the meaning we give it. "
6 " Honestly, death took on a totally different meaning for me in the past years.....I don't feel the fear or trepidation about death that I used to feel. I felt tired of living. "
7 " Trust your partner's way of coping to be the best they are able to do and be at every moment in time. "
8 " The best advice that I got during counseling: Don't judge your spouse's grief response. Give them the freedom to grieve their own way. - Rachel Crawford "
9 " There is no right way to grieve; there is only your way to grieve and that is different for everyone. "
10 " Just because we lost a life, doesn't mean we have to lose ourselves. - Tamara Gabriel "
11 " I don't think we had a joint mission to keep our relationship together. It was like: "Every man for himself." I was in so much pain, I wasn't really looking out for your interests. I didn't have the facility or resource to really do that, to be there for you. Thankfully everything held together. Our love for each other kept on a progression. It could have easily gone the other way." - Jonathan Pascual "
12 " When my wife and I lost our son, we had similar but very different experiences. She felt she was caught in a blizzard and she doesn't remember the six months after we lost him. For me, it was like everything that I had known burnt to the ground, this field or forest that was turned to ash, burning, smoldering. How do I make sense of a world where this can happen? - Sean Hanish "
13 " There are many different ways in which individuals express, experience, and adapt to grief. Understanding and accepting different ways of grieving lies at the heart of surviving your loss as a couple. Understanding is helpful but not absolutely necessary. Acceptance of your partner's approach however is a necessity. If you have not reached acceptance, make it your first priority. "
14 " It is time to teach society on how to be empathetic with people grieving. "
15 " Grief is a universal experiencefrom which no onewill be spared. "
16 " MOVING FROM STEP 1 TO STEP 2 Awareness of the loss slowly sinks in as "
