Nov 15, 2021
Episode 168
The Grief Experience Series Part 1
(Originally Aired in 2019)
Many of you know that my Mother passed away in March of this
year (2019) and I haven’t stopped running since. Today as I will be
sharing this podcast I had to and still am learning some valuable
lessons about the grieving process. There is no fine science about
losing a loved one. We all grieve differently and that is part of
why no two situations are the same. Losing a loved one is
definitely not easy, my Mother was amazing and we were very blessed
growing up with her being home with us. Dad had a very good job so
we grew up with Mom being home every day. She truly was a great
example of
1 Corinthians 13:4-7. Of what Love is:
4 Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or
proud 5 or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not
irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. 6 It does not
rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. 7
Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and
endures through every circumstance.
When she passed she went peacefully with the entire family being
together. What followed for me was what I describe as breaking the
rules of grieving. First of all, I hope some of you will learn from
my mistakes even though I meant well. If you do not listen and take
to heart anything I am about to share please listen to this part.
If you lose a loved one never, ever, ever make important decisions
that can affect your life in a major way. 2 of those are never
change: careers and never sell your home within that time period.
My wife wanted to do for me exactly what I had done for her years
ago and move us near my Father. This was a wonderful gesture and
unfortunately, we started moving forward with this idea on our
actual emotions instead of wisdom. I even went as far as telling
family and friends and sadly I got people’s hopes up, especially my
Father. The end result is we ended up realizing we were acting in
our own emotions and decided not to move. The good news was Dad
fully understood and agreed with the fact that we acted too soon
based on our emotions after Mom's passing.
Looking back I wish I knew a couple of months ago what I know now
so that I wouldn’t have jumped so quickly. We are very thankful
though that my wife did not leave her job and that we still have
our home. I am learning now that all this time since my Mother
passed away I had never stopped to allow myself to grieve; I had
been so busy with life and stuff, that I never took the time to Be
Still and allow the process to take place. Have you experienced the
same thing? Be sure to leave a comment I would love to hear from
you. My prayer is that this podcast will help you in some way with
the grieving process. God Bless You and Yours!
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