Here I've placed some words and paragraphs that I've come across that I have found some comfort in.  Some of my own thoughts have also been included.       I hope that you can find some comfort here too...

Most people become quite different people once they have experienced the loss of a loved one.  I have found that I am more compassionate, understanding and probably a little wiser for the losses I have experienced.

When someone I know is suffering due to the passing of their loved one, I can say that I understand.  I don't know exactly how they feel in their own unique situation, but I do understand and truly empathise with their loss.

Living through loss and adversity can make you a better person...

Death and grieving can have a very leveling effect on your life.  Death has a way of making us stop and think about what is important in life and also what is not important.  Grief and the sense of loss and devestation that it brings, has a way of making us re evaluate our lives.  This can be a time of growth and change that is not necessarily a bad thing.  If you embrace your grief and allow it to work its way through the different stages it takes you, you can come out of it a better more well rounded person.

It is amazing how grief enables people to relate to one another at a deeper level than before. Until you've experienced grief, you cannot empathize with someone else who is going through it. During your healing process, you may find yourself becoming more sensitive to the hurts and needs of others.

"Sometimes I can't even recognize the person I was before," says Dora, who lost a child. "I think that my ability to empathize or have compassion has been strengthened. I'm not so quick to place judgment on a situation or on a person. What may appear on the outside to be one way, may be a completely different story on the inside."

Some believe that it is God's purpose to allow a lot of things to come into our's lives—to shape us and to mold us.  

Consider what lessons you have learned as a result of your grief experience. These are lessons for your good, not lessons about what you should not have done. What good have you learned?

 

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This website is dedicated to ~Paige and Amy~ my beautiful little angel babies.