Grief Journey Quotes

“Grief is like the ocean. The waves ebb and flow. Sometimes the water is calm. Other times it's turbulent. In order to survive, I had to learn to swim. In moments when I struggled with massive waves of grief, I rode it out.”
― Dana Arcuri, Sacred Wandering: Growing Your Faith In The Dark

“Grief is messy. It's traumatic. Devastating. Confusing. Exhausting. Grief is a natural process of our human experience. May you find comfort in these unexpected places along your journey.”
― Dana Arcuri, Sacred Wandering: Growing Your Faith In The Dark

“I began an expedition called Grief. An alternate route along my sacred wandering. A detour with tears and troubles. On this voyage, I sensed God warning me, “Buckle up! It's going to be a bumpy ride.”
― Dana Arcuri, Sacred Wandering: Growing Your Faith In The Dark

“I told them how I missed her the most on rainy days, and during winters. I told them that the sky hadn’t been as blue since she passed, but as of late, with every mile I traveled and every challenge I overcame, I was getting closer to her, or solidifying her presence within me, and I was beginning to notice the indelible hue again.”
― Manon Rinsma, A Far Cry from Yesterday: Finding Tomorrow in Distant Lands

“My heart needed a place to rest.”
― Natasha R. Minier-Robinson, My Heart Is Home

“You are losing it." A grave voice reaches my ear from my left shoulder. I pull down the visor and open the mirror. My shoulder critic sits there, his legs drooping over my collarbone, his face a mask of tears.

"I am not," I retort. "She was here, clear as day! Well, maybe not 'clear as day' but real enough."

My shoulder critic has been with me for as long as I can remember, born perhaps from only-child loneliness, or simply a part of me, like an arm or leg. He appears unbidden and then disappears again for long stretches of time, but when he is around, he is always dressed to express rather than impress.”
― Alexandra Dionisio