by Benjamin Allen | Feb 16, 2014 | reflections on grief, reflections on grief recovery
Memory plays such an important role in my healing loss. I needed to touch those memories in a real and tangible way. I would drive to special places that held those memories. I would visit them often to replay the preciousness of the place we spent a moment of...
by Benjamin Allen | Feb 16, 2014 | reflections on grief, reflections on grief recovery
There is a difference between moving on and going on. So much of our culture is uncomfortable with pain, and the pain of loss is no different. There is an underlying sentiment in our society that if we ignore it, it doesn’t exist. Loss exists. Loss exists for a long...
by Benjamin Allen | Feb 16, 2014 | reflections on grief, reflections on grief recovery
There are just some places only you can go. My experience with the parts of my path where I am utterly alone is that it can be a place of great healing and great pain, sometimes at the same time. There are other times when it can be solely the pure pain of vacuous...
by Benjamin Allen | Feb 16, 2014 | reflections on grief, reflections on grief recovery
Everyone goes through loss. It is a part of all of us. Loss, whether it’s a relationship, a job, a dream, a loved one, or anything else takes up all the space one has. I have a friend who just lost his job and it has put a tremendous strain on both he and his wife....
by Benjamin Allen | Feb 16, 2014 | reflections on grief, reflections on grief recovery
There is no simple answer. This isn’t an infomercial exercise program or diet with easy answers and timeframes. This is life lived in the shadow of death. I have yet to experience a step-by-step guide that says, “do this and the pain will go away in just 12 easy...
