Theme: Grief Work and Healing Journey
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Thank you to everyone for your heartfelt comments recently, especially yesterday/today. ❤️
Last week at my Grief Share meeting, someone read this Letter From Heaven. I know if my mom could, she’d want to tell me these things, especially the fourth paragraph. For anyone who has ever lost a loved one, I know they’d also want you to hear these things, too, so I’m sharing the letter for everyone who could use it. Make sure you have a hanky ready.
Hi,
It's me. I just wanted to drop you a line to let you know I'm OK. The strangest part about my passing is I don't feel gone from you and I am working to let you know that I am still there with you. I do hear you talk to me and I'm just trying to get you to feel my presence. I am sending you signs, as many as I can, so please be patient if they don't come when you want them to, I promise they will come when you need to know I'm there.
Please laugh and have fun again. When you laugh I feel your energy and I laugh with you and when you celebrate life I am right there alongside of you doing the same.
I need you to understand that feelings like guilt, anger, regret, and immense sadness sometimes builds a barrier between us. I understand your grief and I wish I could help you to feel better but please understand that grief is a natural part of my passing for you and I honor how you grieve. However, I would love for you to try harder to replace your grief, little by little, with all the happy memories of our times together.
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No, you could not have saved me. No, you shouldn't have done more. No, you were not supposed to be with me when I passed. Yes, you made the right decisions. I want you to understand that I know you did all you could and should. I would never change a thing about how you showed me your love and caring at the end. Put no blame or guilt on yourself or anyone else because everything truly happened as it was supposed to happen for me to pass over.
Please stop worrying about me! I am truly fine, free from pain and suffering, free from the heavy burdens of life that weighed me down. My home now is all about love, pure and complete, and my days are filled with joy and happiness and I am now with those who have passed before me and whom I have missed so much. I really can't wait to show you around when it's your time to join me and our loved ones, you will be amazed at how beautiful and peaceful it is here.
I want to thank you for letting me be in your life and for loving me. Until we meet again, promise me that you will love with all your heart, forgive in ways you thought not possible, release anger that no longer serves you, and at the end of each day I would love for you to find joy again and live your life to the fullest!
Love Always,
Me
(I don’t know where the participant found the letter or who wrote it. It’s likely anonymous. But whoever wrote it, I truly thank them.)
NOTE: While prepping this post, I Googled the letter and ended up finding out that it was written by Maureen Hancock, a renowned Spirit Medium. It was posted on James Van Praagh's website "A Letter from Heaven" here: https://vanpraagh.com/a-letter-from-heaven/. All credit goes to Maureen Hancock.
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E - Epistle (Letter from Heaven)
I like the gentle way of the letter and glad you found it helpful in your time of grief.
ReplyDeleteThis letter meant a lot to me when it came into my life.
DeleteThat's a lovely letter. We can't help but constantly second guess ourselves when a loved one passes, thinking about what we could have done differently.
ReplyDeleteYeah, and when we were a caregiver, it’s somehow even worse.
DeleteThis is lovely. I shared it with my brother who has lost both of his daughters. Thank you for this.
ReplyDeleteOh wow. Thank you for sharing it with your brother.I hope it brings him some level of comfort. I am terribly sorry for his losses, and yours, as well.
DeleteThis is beautiful, and so helpful. I have two brothers I'll pass it along to. Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteYou’re very welcome, Deidre!
DeleteIt's good that you found this. It sounds like you needed it.
ReplyDeleteI really did,
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