Grief

Grief? I have no answer for how to handle it. Pray, breathe in, breathe out, shove it down, cry it out, and, truly, try to make it just one day at a time.

So many people are being hit hard around me: my aunt lost her precious brother (not an uncle to me - but to my cousins); a dear friend just lost her husband to a long, serious illness; another friend from my parish home of 16 years was tragically killed in a car accident on Friday afternoon (the fault of another driver - who also died).

Last night, my Facebook friend and prayer warrior posted some wonderful news about her oldest son and tonight she posted that he was gone (suicide). He leaves behind a fiancee, two baby girls. And, of course, his family.

A young man (whom I care greatly about) is losing his mom (prayers for miraculous healing, please!). She was very good to my youngest. a "beautiful" person.

A friend of mine has been fighting the big "C" - she is such a trooper. We are rejoicing that two masses have disappeared but there is still more to be conquered. I can't handle vomiting for 2 days and she has been living with it for weeks (thanks to her meds).

My heart is broken - wounded and hurting - but I see joy now. Snuggling with a little one in a rocking chair, reading stories, singing songs - God provides comfort in many ways.