grief

Read This if Your Ex is Always Telling You to Get Over the Divorce Already

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Let me be the first to remind you grief surrounding your divorce may last longer than you expect.   Clearly, “Hurry up and get over this,” or “You should be over this by now!” from your ex are wielded like little arrows to retaliate.  Maybe your family and friends casually say this as well.  If … Continue reading Read This if Your Ex is Always Telling You to Get Over the Divorce Already

Let Them Rage: Feel Instead of Fix

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It's a distraction from the real work. A parent is not only a person who feels grief intimately but also someone who must watch their child experience it too, which means feel it all over again.

Kids, parents - people in general - need open arms. Space. A Witness. Someone to hold us through experiencing pain. Someone to echo back to us what we said we are feeling. Someone to give words to our emotions and let them float around the room, watching in awe with us.