I’ve been doing some writing recently for the bereaved.
I thought I’d share them here and I welcome your feedback. Grief is not fresh for me, but I know it well, with the loss of my first husband, and I often think of my mom, gone almost three years. A year ago my brother-in-law died.
And I visit with many who are grieving. Sometimes we don’t know what to say.
So I started to write this week, in search of meaningful resources to share with those who grieve.
A Broken Heart
It is the heart that breaks
revealing
deep love
Overwhelmed by sadness
It takes time to heal
fueled by hope and faith
that the love once shared
will never leave us.
-Grace Wulff 2016
A Fine Line
There is a fine line
________________
between heartfelt sympathy
and understanding
between wishes well-meant
and pain that is shared
Those who’ve know the
depths
of grief
who have learned to live
with scars
Offer hope.
Not of an easy path.
but the gift
of companionship.
-Grace Wulff 2016
Hang on to Hope
There are some things
which cannot be fixed.
No,
sometimes the present reality
seems too much to bear.
Hang on
to Hope.
It is the key
to a new
reality.
It takes time to get there
with gifts of
kindness and compassion
you give
to yourself.
-Grace Wulff 2016
