tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984330758590198929.post2078545823313799897..comments2023-07-15T08:56:14.052-07:00Comments on ::::::::::Becoming::::::::::: Just....PeaceDr. Joanne Cacciatorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863060782827061955noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984330758590198929.post-60666459818658805212009-07-23T03:13:47.128-07:002009-07-23T03:13:47.128-07:00I experienced these comments when my nephew died J...I experienced these comments when my nephew died January, 2005. He was six years old. I had to remove myself from people because they made matters worse. It made me angry that they thoughtlessly felt the right to be a voice for God and suggest that his death was His will. He died from a tragic car accident after fighting to live for three weeks. <br /><br />In response to people's stupidity, I challenged their comments about God by saying, "So, let me ask you this. What do you say to a mother whose child was murdered? Do you tell her that same thing? That it was God's will? What about a mother whose child was kidnapped then slaughtered? Was that God's will? No. It was evil that did that. God is my healer, but nephew dying wasn't his will.God doesn't wish death on any child." <br /><br />I also felt like people were impatient with the fact I wasn't over it after he was buried. When I bring him up people give me this blank look like my pain should be gone now. The loss of a child never leaves you. You now have one foot on earth and one in heaven with them. Your life is forever altered. <br /><br />Everything you said is identical to my frustration I have carried when trying to process his death, how he died,and my questions of why? Grief is something you learn to live with, but I don't know that it ever goes away completely. Unless someone has endured it they cannot fathom what strength it takes for a person to press forward and approach life like it was before. It is forever changed. You have to fight for joy. <br /><br />Only God and a person who has suffered this pain can grasp the world you are in. No one else can comprehend.Nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12187695021483633582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984330758590198929.post-19876204750294533652009-01-20T12:37:00.000-08:002009-01-20T12:37:00.000-08:00After losing my daughter in May 2008, we decided w...After losing my daughter in May 2008, we decided we needed a vacation desperately. The only place I wanted to go was the Texas Hill Country and away from everything. I found more peace there than I ever expected. I came home to complete turmoil, but for that 1 week, I was at complete peace. My husband noticed and since coming home, it feels more like home there, rather than here.<BR/>"THE UNTAMED TRUTH ABOUT WHO YOU REALLY ARE" So very true. And maybe that's why I wanted the wilderness, I needed to figure out who I was at that difficult point in time. Beautiful words!<BR/>I really love your writings. <BR/>MarianGoogies Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01896567202274856847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984330758590198929.post-61877873648529065982009-01-15T05:40:00.000-08:002009-01-15T05:40:00.000-08:00Thank you for visiting.Thank you for visiting.Dr. Joanne Cacciatorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10863060782827061955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984330758590198929.post-65533808776549466672009-01-14T17:28:00.000-08:002009-01-14T17:28:00.000-08:00sat outside for an hour today watching two crows o...sat outside for an hour today watching two crows on the very tippy top branch of a huge evergreen, their weight making the top of the tree looking crooked like in a dr. suess book. had the feeling that in our overpopulate, crazy paced, insane world, there was a good possibility that there was no other human on the planet watching those two crows. there was no one around me, heard no cars, saw no one. i marveled at that possibility. talk about finding your own boundaries and expansiveness all in one moment.<BR/><BR/>i luv mama gaia :)<BR/>xoxox<BR/>meKara Chipoletti Jones of GriefAndCreativity dot comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04110578035201758404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984330758590198929.post-72390892971172698702009-01-14T13:59:00.000-08:002009-01-14T13:59:00.000-08:00I needed peace today, thank you.I needed peace today, thank you.Snarky Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17893940815826970998noreply@blogger.com