Monday Morning Quote: Grief

"Grieving is a process. 

It's okay to experience that process. 

To deny the bitterness of the sorrow

 is to deny some of the sweetness 

of the comfort when it comes."

~Cheiko N. Okazaki 

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"Grief is not a luxury. 

It is not a self-indulgence. 

It is not a sign of weakness. 

Grief is a psychological necessity...

It is teaching the heart what the head already knows. 

It cannot be forced or consciously controlled 

or scheduled to a timetable. 

It is a pain that must be

 felt and processed.

 Grief is work."

~Kathleen Rawlings Buntin {From her book: "All Alone"}

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"Irrespective of age,

 we mourn for those loved and lost.

Mourning is one of the 

deepest expressions of pure love."

~Russell M. Nelson

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