A friend, Dr. Brenda Dintiman, suggested I send this essay
to our Winter Study class. I would like
to thank her for alerting me to notable piece.
by Patrick O’Malley
NY Times January 11, 2015
Many people and those around them believe that there is a
time limit to their grief. "The truth is that grief is as unique as a
fingerprint, conforms to no timetable or societal expectation."
Grief can cause “profound emotional chaos.”
“’All sorrows can be borne if you put them in a story or
tell a story about them,’ said the writer Isak Dinesen. When loss is a story,
there is no right or wrong way to grieve. There is no pressure to move on.
There is no shame in intensity or duration. Sadness, regret, confusion,
yearning and all the experiences of grief become part of the narrative of love
for the one who died.”
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| Image from Times article |
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