What are you feeling entering 2022? Deep sorrow , sadness and a sense of loss? This is called Grief.
Grief is the result of experiencing a loss – change /change – loss. How many have felt that deep sorrow, that loss and change that 2021 has brought? Are you struggling to navigate a journey, having never experienced such a loss? What emotions, physical symptoms, and behaviours are you wrestling with and questions of “why” am I feeling the way we do.
The unwanted guest in our life could be; sadness, depression, seeking isolation, physical illnesses, sleep less or more, eat less or more, confusion, anxiety, anger out bursts, increase in substances and alcohol, when the pain seems too much to bear.
Perhaps you are one of the many who are experiencing symptoms but have had no one die. One of the biggest “life” losses we have faced in 2019-2021 could be due to Covid – 19. Loss of our “ normal,” loss of a constant and structure, isolation due to restrictions, and at the time of a death the loss of support. The physical contact that is so important, a need we were created with, to have physical support of one another. Thought- One strand of wheat straw is easily broken but a handful is much harder to break. We as humans are like that. Alone we can be broken but when we support each other we can stand stronger.
Moving into 2022 the desire is to address our emotions, our losses, both physical and life losses and find skills to empower.
What Covid Can’t do:
Covid can’t cancel; Sunshine, spring, love, relationships, reading, naps, devotion, music, dancing, imagination, kindness, conversation, or HOPE. FRIENDS are not cancelled.
Fear does not stop death , it stops life. Worrying does not take away tomorrow’s troubles it takes away today’s peace. To make a difference in someone’s life you don’t have to be brilliant, rich, beautiful or perfect ... you just have to CARE.
Walking Through Grief Society - wishes for your new year as you navigate your grief journey:
HEALTH – Being conscious of your symptoms of grief and acting on them to resolve.
HEALING - Moving through your grief and seeking someone to companion with you and to listen to you and support.
HOPE - That each new day moving through the pain of your grief , will lessen with intensity and you will become stronger with a new focus.
For those who have lost a loved one to death, consider the legacy they left you. What have you learned from them going forward? How are you richer because of their presence? What can you do moving forward to honor their memory by how you live the rest of your life?
What to discuss your journey and supports , contact 780-846-2576 or 780-871-1750 Program Director, Walking Through Grief Society
Submitted by Walking Through Grief Society
Supported by FCSS: City of Lloydminster, Towns of Vermilion and Wainwright, Villages of Kitscoty and Marwayne, County of Vermilion River and donations.
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