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Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Mother's Grief #31days

Welcome to my first post in my 31 day Journey, to share how I deal with grief and inspiration for, my daughter's death in 2013. I'm taking two blog challenges, the first one to write about one topic and then write for a total of 5 minutes each day. I hope this blog touches you or let you know that you have a friend that's listening.

They say a picture is worth a 1,000 words. This quote is what I ask myself each day. Every grief group I attend; they tell me my grief is going to mature me. I don't understand how it's maturing me, because there are days; I don't want to come out of bed. I remembered I was mature enough to handle death, but I wasn't ready for the destruction of my daughter at the age of 15. 

I ask God, was I really that bad as a parent? I still feel guilty that I didn't do enough to get a family court's to realize that my daughter wasn't in a safe, loving home. When I was raising my voice; it just got silence over the abuser's hand. 

Then I ask myself was I one of the worst parents out here? I can state with pride that I'm not; because as a mother; I fought for my daughter and dropped thousands of dollars; trying to protect my daughter; when the family court did nothing but just handle her like a number until her demise in 2013.

The final question, I commence my day with is How come God chose me to take this load? I'm still searching for that answer, and I hope to have it at the end of this journey. I only can think of one thing right now. Maybe, I was put on this help to help parent's understand grief and how to protect their children while they are going through Parental Alienation or any type of abuse.

*I have dyslexia, so if any tense are wrong, please send me an email. Thanks. 

Saturday, September 27, 2014

31 Days for Grieving Support and Inspiration


I have signed up to take a #31day challenge this upcoming October. It's when you write or share one topic. My topic for this October is dedicated to my daughter. I lost my daughter on August 25, 2013 and sometime's I just need to read a quote or see that someone is feeling the same lost. All post will be written in 5 minutes each day.

So for 31 days; I'm going to share my favorite quote or moment with you, that help me with my day. I hope you'll find comfort of knowing someone is going through the same process of grieve.

Here's a snapshot of my post schedule:

Day 1: Mother's Grief
Day 2: 2 Ways to Challenge Grief
Day 3: Comfort
Day 4: It's hard to get out of Bed
Day 5: Joy
Day 6: Memories
Day 7: Denial and Isolation
Day 8: Shock
Day 9: Private Conversations
Day 10: Recovery
Day 11: Acceptance
Day 12: Anger
Day 13: Depression
Day 14: Numbness
Day 15: Emotional Despair
Day 17: Reorganizing
Day 18: Pain
Day 19: The Upward Turn
Day 20: Working Through
Day 21: Hope
Day 22: Guilt
Day 23: Fear
Day 24: Sadness
Day 25: Support
Day 26: Inspiration
Day 27: I'm not alone
Day 28: Her favorite books
Day 29: Her favorite color
Day 30: Healing
Day 31: Reflection on my journey