February 2025

February known as the month of love. Will this be your time for new love?

“When someone you love dies… It changes your life forever. It’s not something you “get over”. The loss now becomes a part of who you are.” unknown

This is such a true statement, you may adjust, change or adapt but it always is a part of you.

Some people may feel compelled to look for a new spouse right away. While others are like no never again; then there are those like me who really are not looking but just moving along through life and if I find someone, I will take it one step at a time.

If love seeks you out it will depend on what stage, you are in with your grief and if you are ready to accept it or not.

There are no set guidelines for this no set in stone that you have to wait “x” amount of years. I feel like when I am ready it will happen, or it could happen even though I don’t think I am ready, but the universe may have other plans for me.

“Happiness comes in cycles… it will find you again.”

The pain will slowly ease in your heart it will slowly not hurt as much to think or talk about your loved one. It will happen all in good time nobody can tell you when your time will be it depends on you and how and where you are in your grief.

If you leave a small window open in your heart you might find that love will slowly fill in that space when you are ready to receive it.

Alot has happened this past month to shake my progress in my grief, I lost my beloved niece unexpectedly. Unfortunately, this has opened the floodgates on old feelings I thought I had tucked away. The chaos has returned as I have been helping my sister deal with her overwhelming grief and everything that comes after the funeral.

We have both shed a lot of tears in the last few weeks, I’m hoping some of my small suggestions and incite have helped her understand about this new emotion called grief and that it will be around for a long while.

I know this is a shorter blog, but with all the raw emotions I just wanted to reach out to everyone that is past the one-year marker in your grief journey to open that window in your heart just a crack to get your feelings for receiving new love can begin your healing process.

Just think March is the luck of the Irish, I know we could all use a little luck on our side.