Friday, April 9, 2010

Grief, Be Gone!!!!


Reading massive quantities of anything I can get my hands on, can sometimes rattle my mind. Rarely do I remember book titles, or authors, but I can tell you the entire contents of the story. I read every magazine that crosses my path, from Oprah to Princeton Alumni (Bill's Mag), to Southern Living. All sports mags, and Health mags, Movie Star mags, to catalogs!!!! I have a brain crammed full of stories, Special Material!!!! but on some days, the dots just don't connect!!!
Like today...
You see, I read, SOMEWHERE, that if you stand outside, and relax, you can direct your grief into the earth. Starting at the top of your head and mentally moving the grief down through your body. It sounds good to me, and today I'm headed to the yard , with my face turned toward the sun. Grief is so heavy, that it makes sense to me, that it would flow down. This, Grief Be Gone, practice was probably passed down from our Native American ancestors, but I don't know, because I cannot find the article that I read. Maybe it is of no importance? I would just like to see if there are any details, that I may be leaving out. Whatever!!! In grief there are no right or wrong ways, to go forward. Losing a child, depletes you. At least standing in the sun will warm my body. I also think that many mothers have stood out in the sun, hoping that their grief would flow anywhere but their broken hearts.
So don't send the people in the white jackets to get me, YET!!!!
I promise that I did read about this ritual somewhere!!!! Only God knows where, and today he is busy watching me stand in the yard!!!

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