my new mantra
Rachel.
watercolor & pen
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about the piece.
Now that I'm 10 months out from Lyra's death, I think people expect me to have mostly good days, and be back to normal. But my grief has not worked that way. One day can be good, and the next I feel like I'm kicked back to the ground. Some days when my grief or worry feels really overwhelming, I just have to keep telling myself to take a day at a time...or an hour at a time even.
Rachel lives in Kansas with her husband of four years and a gray cat. They lost their first child, Lyra, at 30 weeks due to placental abruption on December 18, 2009. Rachel maintains a blog called Curls O Fred.
I know I always say this, but just so, so amazing. You can put onto paper what so many of us are feeling. it is a true gift. just beautiful, and telling, and true. xx
ReplyDeleteWonderful. Grief definitely doesn't happen on a continuum. All the sudden ups and downs can come so unexpectedly.
ReplyDeleteI love this spread. The colors and emotions of each day and the mantra... wonderful
ReplyDeleteDefinitely portrays my life of grief very well. Its a beautiful piece.
ReplyDeleteA magnificently clear depiction of the experience I also go through. It was recently explained to me that grief is like an expanding spiral, so know that your experience is 100% normal. I am so sorry that Lyra is not with you in the form you expected, but her energy is still with you.
ReplyDeleteReally lovely, and inspiring.
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