tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52437131873684486.post3038896459140281658..comments2024-01-23T07:30:57.044-05:00Comments on Normal in Training: GriefAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06137685337661792439noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52437131873684486.post-32826378174847808752013-12-11T09:05:17.505-05:002013-12-11T09:05:17.505-05:00Thanks, Rome. Yes, grief comes in different shade...Thanks, Rome. Yes, grief comes in different shades and we can grieve anything we've lost--even if other people don't agree that it was a big deal. Our feelings are never trivial. Sorry to hear that you are also struggling during the holidays. I'm right there with you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06137685337661792439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52437131873684486.post-3006623870050566382013-12-11T01:15:05.035-05:002013-12-11T01:15:05.035-05:00This is an extremely moving post & parallels c...This is an extremely moving post & parallels closely with emotions that I've been struggling with myself as Christmas approaches. I am glad that you acknowledge that suffering comes in different shades for different people & I appreciate your realism with the way you answer your client's pleas to take their pain away with, "I can't do that. But I will stay with you while you're hurting." When I first saw that your post was about a family losing their daughter in an auto accident, I felt slightly ashamed to even mention the source of my own current grief in the shame breath as grief connected to loss of life. Almost everything seems trivial when compared to the grief connected with loss of life; but after you shared the grief that you've experienced over your divorce, I feel comfortable sharing what I'm about to share. I don't mean to compare the grief that I have with that of the parent's of your young client, but we all hurt in our own ways. And we should all retain the right to speak about the sources of pain in our own individual lives. Nothing that bother's us emotionally can be considered trivial.<br />------RomeoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com