When we grieve, for a while shock protects us from the reality of death and the enormity of our loss. But one day the shock of what’s happened to us – whether suddenly or over time - wears off and life begins to seem a little more real again. When gradually we return more to the dailiness of our life, we sense deep within a challenging imbalance - we’re clinging desperately to the past, yet we’re alive in the present, and at the same time we’re anxious about the future without the one we love. We're especially vulnerable to the inevitable setbacks of our individual grief.

When we grieve most of us easily succumb to anxiety which, at its essence, is chronic worry.

When we're in the throes of our deepest grief often we forget that God is for us.

To reconcile our experience of death to life, at some time we must retreat unto ourselves and be still.

One of the subtle shifts we experience when someone we love dies is the re-ordering of our place in life.

When the heavy rock of death enters the deep water of our life, grief creates so much more than a ripple effect.

Whether we like it or not, when we grieve we're the ones riding backward.

As we grieve, our experience of remembering slowly shifts. It takes on a rhythm of its own.

What we discover as we grieve is that our view to life is constantly evolving and changing.

Sometimes the effect of refurnishing our personal space - physically and emotionally - looks and feels a little at odds with our surroundings.

Dealing with all the choices, options, and emotional challenges of a life irrevocably changed by the death of one we love is heavy lifting indeed.

It's an emotional commitment to make a major life change.