I’ve read a lot about the grieving process and the stages of grief. The model developed by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross back in the 1960’s is still pretty widespread and accepted in griefology and grief counseling. This is the “Denial-Anger-Bargaining-Depression-Acceptance” rubric that someone pointed out sounds like a Jewish law firm. (It was a line in the… Continue reading Staging My Grief
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Guilt
Lately it occurs to me that I’ve moved past those early feelings of bewilderment, denial, and shock that were so hard. There was almost an electric shock to my body when I would realize anew that Sarah was dead. As if I were being zapped awake. I had irrational thoughts that she would reappear, that… Continue reading Guilt