grief and rememberance

 

powerful

 Subtitles - 

 

Women support women.

grateful and reminder

 

 

The grace of the creator.

Sometimes I pretend that this is not my place. But I know deep down this is where I began to heal and truly discovered things I was meant to find. And I keep coming back. It changes each time and now I have an added layer but I walk forward still.

 

nail, washer, and wire

 

I like my slow and sunny walks where I see a bit of rust or sometimes a dull shine recovering a fragment that does not belong amongst the gravel.

30000 girls born each day in India, one every 3 seconds

 

garbage and such

Walked by the river for just a quick bit today. Hope more tomorrow. This is trash from a flood that happened in 2022. Homes were rushed into the river and many suffered deep loss.

Fitting as today is the day to honor the loss of Tony.

12 years 

August 23, 2014

We miss ya. But glad you are healed.

 

Memoir - Katie Rizzo

 Katie Rizzo

I found her on Net Galley a place I can read new books and some before prerelease.

As soon as I saw the title and the subject, I gravitated to it and wanted to read it.

The Trimesters of Grief or Are You Gonna Listen to What Is Going on in Here?

As I read this book, I  felt as if I were sitting near Katie. Her words, thoughts, and poems tugged at me from the pages and I am more aware of things I already knew to be true.  She does not shy around the truth and shares her journey of the loss of her son. It is beautiful. Overdose and addiction are not.

She reminded me journal, have empathy, find glimmers of hope and joy, and that coming together in community as we face very difficult life experiences is the way we walk through them together. 

Grief stays with us but looks different over time. She is now an advocate for an experience she would never wish on her enemies.  She consolidates tips and tidbits from so many resources that I trust and leans in.  She etches out poetry while immersed in deep grief.

Katie - you have my attention - will be reading more.

You can pre-order on Amazon  link

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We have many crisis in this world where evil creeps into beautiful places. We must continue to fight.

note

 assuming goodwill from others and then giving myself the same.