Finding The Way as we habituate to the feeling of drowning Sun, 09 Aug 2015 00:16:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 http://gradtao.com/2010/07/14/time-heals-all-wounds/comment-page-1/#comment-1181 Mon, 20 Dec 2010 01:54:14 +0000 http://pixie658.wordpress.com/?p=1314#comment-1181 […] July, I wrote a post about my grandmother – a post about how time heals all wounds.  I said, “the scars stay with us forever so we never forget, but time allows us to move […]

]]> http://gradtao.com/2010/07/14/time-heals-all-wounds/comment-page-1/#comment-583 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:21:52 +0000 http://pixie658.wordpress.com/?p=1314#comment-583 It is very difficult to come to terms with the loss. You are so right that letting go can be a blessing. For me, knowing my grandmother is no longer in pain like she was in those last few months brings me more comfort. I’m so glad your mother was able to go peacefully on her own terms. Still, I know it doesn’t make your heart hurt any less. Sending you my thoughts and many hugs.

]]> http://gradtao.com/2010/07/14/time-heals-all-wounds/comment-page-1/#comment-582 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:28:30 +0000 http://pixie658.wordpress.com/?p=1314#comment-582 What a timely post. I have been sitting with my memories of my mother who also decided it was time to let go and then she did so, ever so peacefully, at Hospice on July 2, 2010 just six days shy of her 90th birthday. Letting go is a blessed relief for the one who bears all of the pain – I keep that in mind as I struggle to let go of her presence but not my memories.

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