Category: Grief, Pain, Difficult Life
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Anne Lindbergh “War Within and Without: Diaries and Letters 1939-1944” Beauty. pain. grief. hope. awareness. solitude. time…(2008. 2010. 2011)
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Auschwitz Liberation. Holocaust Writings. Elie Wiesel Prayer. Maximilian Kolbe Priest and Martyr. Etty Hillesum prisoner journal entries. Presence of God in the midst of suffering. (May 2022)
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Choices We Make after Loss “Grace Disguised” by Sittser (Aug. 2009)
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Christmas” by Vladimir Navokov (1925) Miracle moment after death of a small child at Christmas. (December 2015)
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Comfort in Grief – “Streams in the Desert” (June 2006 – July 2009)
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Complexity of Mother/Daughter Relationship. Death of Mother. “Birthday Parties in Heaven” by Ana Veciana-Suarez (May 2006)
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Coping with intense pain – “Mistaken Identity” by Don & Susie Van Ryn (June 2008)
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Death of infant at birth. Discussion of death with husband. Grief. “Lantern in Her Hand” by Bess Streeter Aldrich (Dec. 2009)
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Death of who we deeply love. “Letters to Father: Suor Maria Celeste to Galileo 1623-1633” (July 2008)
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Death of young daughter…who mother became…feeling alive again. “Hannah’s Gift” by Maria Housden (Sept. 2008)
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Despair vs. Hope – Streams in the Desert by HC Cowman (March 2020)
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Difficult Times – Verses of Promises from God (Jan. 2007)
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Edna St. Vincent Millay poetry – “Everywhere I look you are – but you’re nowhere…” poem on death of her loved one. (Mar. 2009)
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Finding beauty and God in life even in horrible circumstances. Journals of Etty Hillesum. Concentration Camp Victim. (Apr. 2009)
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Finding beauty during times of grief. (Rumer Godden) Description of comfort in graveyard. (Oct. 2019)
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Giving God our burdens. “Lean Hard” poem. (Nov. 2007)
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Great is Thy Faithfulness Hymn. Quotes on Mercy (July 2010)
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Happiness/Grief same time. Beauty that Hasn’t Yet Been Created “The History of Love” by Nicole Krauss (June 2009)
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Heaven – Mother meets her child in heaven that had died (Eugene Field) & “Just in Case You Ever Wonder” by Max Lucado (Dec. 2009)
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Heaven. Susan’s thoughts on anniversary of mother’s death. (Jan. 2007)
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Intense Pain in Life – Forrest Gump Analogy & On My Knees Song (Nov. 2006)
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Little moments we remember after someone we love dies. “She Walks in Beauty” poems compiled by Caroline Kennedy. “Clearances” by Seamus Heaney. (October 2012)
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Loneliness & Despair. Search for meaningful life – “Work” by Louisa May Alcott (Jan. 2019)
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Madame Guyon (1717) Freedom of Heart & Mind Poem (on freedom of soul regardless of circumstances) (April 2012)
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Mark Twain – Epitaph on Daughter’s Stone and Misc. Twain Quotes (Sept. 2015)
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Memories – The Master’s Violin by Myrtle Reed (Jan. & Feb. 2011)
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Misc. Excerpts from Susan’s Writings (Death. Grief. Sorrow. Depression)
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Mourning compared to phases of moon. Poem by Robert Lavery in “Love Lost: Love Found.” (October 2007)
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Pain of loss because we love. “Necessary Losses” by Judith Viorst. Poem “The Arms of a Child” (Jan. 2008)
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Pain. Grief. Hardship. “Always Looking Up” by Michael J. Fox and “Perfectly Imperfect” by Lee Woodruff (May 2009)
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Solitude in Finding Balance (in Roles as a Woman) “Gift from the Sea” by Anne Lindbergh (June 2007)
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Thoughts immediately after death of someone loved. Where do their thoughts go? Settling in Nebraska. “No Time on My Hands” by Grace Snyder (April 2017)
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Thoughts on the soul and eternal perspective when suffering. Poem from confederate soldier “Unanswered Prayer” (November 2019)
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“We are Seven” Child’s View of of siblings buried by William Wordsworth from 1798 (Jan. 2024)