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Bereavement

MontanaMama

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6. This is so wonderful and welcome.

Reply to markie (Original post)

Mon Feb 14, 2022, 10:27 PM

Feb 2022

I haven’t lost a spouse….but grief hits most of us at one time or another. After my dog Tag died in August, I took to the trails that he and I explored together for 14 years. At first it was almost as painful as his actual loss…running the trails and creeks that he and I learned together…but after a while it was the only way I could feel close to him. I shed lots of tears on those hikes. It was the only way I could come home and function normally with my family. Those trails were healing to be sure.

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"Wild Grief" [View all] markie Feb 2022 OP

Beautiful expression of the tragedy of deep loss. alittlelark Feb 2022 #1

I live on a farm with about 5 acres of woods Farmer-Rick Feb 2022 #2

Seems like no matter how I work in my garden, or haul, or dig, or pull... calimary Feb 2022 #5

many years ago markie Feb 2022 #9

Love is eternal. Jack-o-Lantern Feb 2022 #3

It will be two years in April. PuraVidaDreamin Feb 2022 #4

I spent the first month markie Feb 2022 #7

Love making salves and other goodies PuraVidaDreamin Feb 2022 #10

This is so wonderful and welcome. MontanaMama Feb 2022 #6

"grief hits most of us" markie Feb 2022 #8