Encouragement for grief

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Grief is the last act of love that we give to those we loved.Where there is deep grief, there was great love.

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  "Everyone who lives long enough to love deeply will experience great losses. Don't let fear of loss, or the losses themselves, take away your ability to enjoy the wonderful life that is yours." - Barbara ' Cutie' Cooper

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  "You've got to trust yourself. Be gentle with yourself. And listen to yourself.

You're the only person who can get you through this now.

You're the only one who can survive your story, the only one who can write your future.

All you've got to do, when you're ready, is stand up,
{and begin again.}"- Tessa Shaffer

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  "But in all of the sadness, when you're feeling that your heart is empty, and lacking,

You've got to remember that grief isn't the absence of love.

Grief is the proof that love is still there."- Tessa Shaffer

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  "Birth is not a beginning; it's a continuation. That lends tremendous comfort because we then understand that, equally true, death is not an end; it's merely a continuation." - Laurie Buchanan

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  "It's still ok to dream with a broken heart."-Nikki Rowe

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  "I never even heard her voice."
And after a while:
"It is a strange grief."
Softly:
"To die of nostalgia for something you never lived."- Alesandro Bariko

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  "I know you are afraid; you are afraid to get hurt again. But I also know that you are not meant to grieve forever." - Christina Rasmussen  

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  "Whatever loss, pain or tragedy you have experienced, you can get through." - Aimee DuFresne

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  "It's okay to cry. Giving in to the tears is terrifying,like free falling to earth without a parachute. But it's vital to our well being as we process the deep anguish."  - Lynda Cheldelin

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