👣 One Step At A Time...

[SpringIsHereVA]

Add YOUR STEP below and/or read about steps from OTHERS.

Grief & Loss Team  💛

[SpringIsHereVA]

‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌👣‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌  Keep STEPPING.

YOU got this!!!  ‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌💛‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌

Luv,

Nicole  ‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌🤗‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌🤗‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌🤗‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌  (Grief Forum)

[SpringIsHereVA]

‌‌‌‌👣‌‌‌‌  What was YOUR step today/tonight?

Grief & Loss Team  ‌‌‌‌💛‌‌‌‌

[SpringIsHereVA]

‌‌‌‌👣‌‌‌‌  Sometimes WE may feel SO FULL of sadness & missing the luv ones WE lost.

That is the time to STEP next door to chat with a neighbor.

Or STEP over to a friend's or family member's house.

By the time you ARRIVE, you will be feeling LESS sad & may even smile upon their WELCOME. Yes that feeling of someone happy to see us.

Grief & Loss Team  ‌‌‌‌💛‌‌‌‌

[SpringIsHereVA]

👣  Sometimes in life WE NEED TO TAKE A STEP BACKWARD.

Why?

WE may have thought we had a SOLUTION to an "issue" or met someone "new" only to find it IT WAS NOT A FIT.

It is okay. You got out there dear friend(s) INSTEAD OF STAYING IN BED sleeping your life away.

It is OKAY to "step backwards" to REGROUP & TRY AGAIN when you are ready.

Luv,

Nicole  🤗🤗🤗  (Grief Forum)

[SpringIsHereVA]

‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌👣‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌  Did YOU take a step TODAY/TONIGHT?

A STEP will mean "different" things to each of us.

As long as WE KEEP STEPPING, that is all that counts.

And SIT as needed.

There is NO HURRY on our journey and as we are KIND to ourselves (forgive ourselves on those days we DONOT step), we will get stronger and more determined.

Cry as needed.

Get angry as needed.

And so on.

OUR EMOTIONS are a part of US and through them WE will someday be able to LOOK BACK and BE PROUD of how far we have come.

BE YOURSELF always.

Never compare yourself to others as everyone has to do this journey THEIR WAY.

YOU got this!!!  ‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌👍‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌

Luv,

Nicole  ‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌🤗‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌🤗‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌🤗‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌  (Grief Forum)

[SpringIsHereVA]

‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌♻️  When YOU can or feel up to it, stop by to tell us about YOUR step for today/tonight.  ‌‌‌‌‌‌‌💛‌‌‌‌‌‌‌

Luv,

Nicole  ‌‌‌‌‌🤗‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌🤗‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌🤗‌‌‌‌‌  (Grief Forum)

[mc6844]

It's nice to see you're still here Nicole. My step is to keep going each day with daily tasks. And remember others who are suffering with loss or other things. Father's Day was not easy. Still decluttering lol. 

[SpringIsHereVA]

MC @mc6844 , ALWAYS GOOD to hear from you my friend!!!  🤗🤗🤗

[SpringIsHereVA]

‌‌👣‌‌  YOUR steps, YOUR way!!!

Allowing room to experience grief in YOUR OWN WAY can help you heal after loss.

Yes, it is wisdom to read & hear about OTHER JOURNEYS = you may learn something that helps you.

But at the END OF EVERY DAY, you "decide" what is helping or NOT.

Grief & Loss Team  ‌‌💛‌‌

[MarcyW882921]

I apologize that I am one of those people who don't remember the names of actors, actresses, or movies. I recently saw a movie where the character became a widower. He made a statement about not going home because his "wife wasn't there." Then he said something like it wasn't the loneliness in the loss, but the silence. It was all the sounds that his wife made that were missing and created the feeling of emptiness. These words touched me and gave me an aha kind of moment. I hope that we can all identify what it is for us that creates the difficult feelings and find ways to cope and adapt to them.

Marcy

[SpringIsHereVA]

SO GOOD to hear from you Marcy @MarcyW882921 my friend. Lol, me too - bad with those names!!! Yes, what has been a challenge for me as I age - missing the OLD WAYS of folks getting together. But I try to hang on to this tradition for my daughter. She is flying from Florida for my birthday in Virginia. Lol, she told me there would be NO DISCUSSION. I tend to worry about her bills allowing the plane fare.

Luv,

Nicole  🤗🤗🤗  (Grief Forum)

[mc6844]

I agree. It's good to note each day what is not helping. 

[SpringIsHereVA]

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[mc6844]

My step is to thank those with a caring listening ear to others who need encouragement    

[SpringIsHereVA]

♻️  Oh my goodness, WELCOME BACK my friend MC @mc6844 !!!  ‌💛‌

What a totally AWESOME "surprise" - you have been MISSED BIG TIME.

Luv,

Nicole  ‌🤗‌‌🤗‌‌🤗‌  (Grief Forum)

‌➡️‌[*** MC wrote:
Thank you Nicole. It's so nice to see you here. Your dedication and help to others is so inspiring. I like the idea that to sit, is a strep. To check in at the forum is a step. I haven't been here in a while. It's a hopeful positive place. Thank you for being here! ***]

[mc6844]

Thank you Nicole. It's so nice to see you here. Your dedication and help to others is so inspiring. I like the idea that to sit, is a strep. To check in at the forum is a step. I haven't been here in a while. It's a hopeful positive place. Thank you for being here!

[SpringIsHereVA]

‌‌‌‌‌👣‌‌‌‌‌  One step may mean making sure YOU EAT today.

Sometimes our interest in food is gone along with the energy to face each day.

Luv,

Nicole  ‌‌‌‌‌🤗‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌🤗‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌🤗‌‌‌‌‌  (Grief Forum)

[mc6844]

Thank you Nicole. Food is energy. Protein each day is very important. 

[SpringIsHereVA]

I am thinking about YOU & hope you will stop by AGAIN.  💛

@KimberlyM389662 @MarcyW882921 @Cadee2719 

Kim, Marcy & Cadee.

Luv,

Nicole  🤗🤗🤗  (Grief Forum)

[SpringIsHereVA]

‌SO GOOD to hear you my sis & friend!!!  ‌💛‌

Sounds like you are getting STRONGER & I am SO PROUD of you Kim @KimberlyM389662 .

Please tell our boy Beasley  ‌🐕‌,  I said hello.

Luv,

Nicole  ‌🤗‌‌🤗‌‌🤗‌  (Grief Forum)

‌➡️‌[*** Kim wrote: Hey my sis. I was able to think about a good memory about my husband and actually smiled and laughed. I got a warm feeling enveloping me instead of pain and tears. It was a nice change for a while. Love you much. ***]

[KimberlyM389662]

Hey my sis. I was able to think about a good memory about my husband and actually smiled and laughed. I got a warm feeling enveloping me instead of pain and tears. It was a nice change for a while. Love you much. 

[SpringIsHereVA]

Pat yourself on your back EVERY time you get out of bed.

Why?

This is the 1st step to starting a DAY full of "possibilities" IF we are open to them.

Possible peace.

Possible hope.

And so on...  💛

[MarcyW882921]

Because I have been granted another day of life, and I can get out of bed! 😊

Marcy

[SpringIsHereVA]

 I AM SO PROUD of you Marcy @MarcyW882921  👍👍👍

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[*** MARCY wrote: Nicole, I am getting things done! My roof is on, the gutter company is coming tomorrow, and the inspection company will be here on Wednesday. I've got this. Marcy ***]

[MarcyW882921]

Nicole @SpringIsHereVA ,

I am getting things done! My roof is on, the gutter company is coming tomorrow, and the inspection company will be here on Wednesday. I've got this.

Marcy

[Cadee2719]

Hi everyone.  Here I am in Idaho!  Moving into my new home tomorrow.  What an adventure!  SNOWED YESTERDAY.  Miss chatting with you but once I settle in, I shall return.  The people here are kind and so welcoming.  ONE STEP AT A TIME.  I hope I survive the unpacking.

[MarcyW882921]

Woohoo Cadee @Cadee2719 you made it to Idaho! How exciting that you begin moving into your new home today. Continue your one step at a time journey and don't overdo. Unpacking will get done in due time. Enjoy the kind, welcoming nature of people in your new location. It makes my heart feel good to know you are in a place where people are nice and you feel safe!

Marcy

[KimberlyM389662]

@SpringIsHereVA , I really appreciate all of you for helping me and showing me all the love.  I am just a really bad place right now.  Family issues,  worrying about my Mom, financially, physically and mentally. I just feel like it just keeps piling up and I am drowning.  To top it all off,  my deceased husband's 1 year anniversary is the 23rd of this month and I am still figuring out how to live without him. 30 years of marriage and now he is gone