Grief - it never ends, but changes. To help with my own grief and those who I encounter, I have started a grief support group. I am part of a club that I don't want to belong to, but it makes my heart ache to see others suffering. Helping others, helps me through my struggles of grief and I hope it is helping them as well. I am constantly researching, attending seminars, webinars, reading, etc. on grief to better supporting others as well as myself. This poem below is from one of my activities that I participated in during a wellness session of a meeting I attended. It was not a grief- based activity, but I used it as a tool to pour out my emotions and feelings. Here is the 5- minute Free Write Word Prompts activity. The words used were: Encounter, after work, morning routine, nature, animal, sharp, soft and a road. You can use any words for the prompts, but here is my poem stemming from those given to me. Driving down the country road I think of relaxing soft furry throw
On the beach at night alone, As the old mother sways her to and fro, singing her husky song, As I watch the bright stars shining—I think a thought of the clef of the universes, and of the future. by Walt Whitman