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CCAPITÃO: Grief is a Rock that you carry with you every day. The Rock never gets lighter. You just get more used to carrying it.

~Long live the Queen 👸🏻 #grief #art #28 #KingIsTheQueen


Watched "Train Dreams" last night. 2023, director Clint Bentley. Based on the novella by Denis Johnson.

I had avoided watching this film because I knew it would require my full emotional attention, and I wasn't sure I could give it that attention.

Do not miss this film.

This film is a poem. Let it speak to you.

A film that shows a life lived with few words.

(The life lived had few words. The film showing it has few words.)

A film about loss and grief, among other things. The deepest loss, the deepest grief. Also about work, racism, integrity, friendship, all those things, each quietly allowed to show itself.

A long, quiet, sad, life-affirming poem. An elegy.

#TrainDreams #ClintBentley #film #movies #loss #grief #elegy
#DenisJohnson

Watched "Train Dreams" last night. 2023, director Clint Bentley. Based on the novella by Denis Johnson.

I had avoided watching this film because I knew it would require my full emotional attention, and I wasn't sure I could give it that attention.

Do not miss this film.

This film is a poem. Let it speak to you.

A film that shows a life lived with few words.

(The life lived had few words. The film showing it has few words.)

A film about loss and grief, among other things. The deepest loss, the deepest grief. Also about work, racism, integrity, friendship, all those things, each quietly allowed to show itself.

A long, quiet, sad, life-affirming poem. An elegy.

#TrainDreams #ClintBentley #film #movies #loss #grief #elegy
#DenisJohnson

Just bc you see me woke doesn’t mean I have to join ur nightmare. Fix ur own goddamn self b4 you start giving advice to ppl that didn’t ask for any. Cocksucker. Now…I carry the extra burden of knowing something ELSE you don’t and when you inevitably give me your unsolicited opinion I’m going to slap the mutherfuckin taste out your mouth. 👄 I swear it by the old gods and the new.

I don’t fear death like you — I kiss her on the lips every goddamn night. And I have told the god of death “not today” too many times to sit in judgement from blind sheep with no shepherd. FOH too busy beating a ronin, I got next. #last_ronin #grief #michelangelo #cowabunga #28✱massive

Can I love…

https://cynnisblog.wordpress.com/2026/08/01/can-i-love/

Can I love…

https://cynnisblog.wordpress.com/2026/08/01/can-i-love/

New post: How the Grief Pathfinder System Is Different https://petgriefpathfinder.com/how-the-grief-pathfinder-system-is-different/ #grief #PetGrief #PetLoss #StagesOfGrief

New post: How the Grief Pathfinder System Is Different https://petgriefpathfinder.com/how-the-grief-pathfinder-system-is-different/ #grief #PetGrief #PetLoss #StagesOfGrief

It's week 3 of 4 of my super busy work month and today was the busiest day yet. The weekend is very welcome.

As you can imagine, the last few days have been emotionally exhausting and I've struggled to get sufficient sleep. Tango has been so lonely. Jarrah and I were best friends and I was his special person, but Tango's special person was Jarrah.

I wasn't ready to get another dog. When we brought her home, I sat in the car with Adam and wept and said, but one day, she'll die too and I'll be devastated all over again, and he pointed out that the alternative is never loving anything or anyone, and would I really want that?

And Tango needed another dog friend.

So the tl;dr of this post is thank you for all the kind words and thoughts and empathy about Jarrah and may I please introduce Ella who is very slowly healing our hearts while chewing our socks

#jarrah #death #ella #RescueDog #work #grief #NewDog

It's week 3 of 4 of my super busy work month and today was the busiest day yet. The weekend is very welcome.

As you can imagine, the last few days have been emotionally exhausting and I've struggled to get sufficient sleep. Tango has been so lonely. Jarrah and I were best friends and I was his special person, but Tango's special person was Jarrah.

I wasn't ready to get another dog. When we brought her home, I sat in the car with Adam and wept and said, but one day, she'll die too and I'll be devastated all over again, and he pointed out that the alternative is never loving anything or anyone, and would I really want that?

And Tango needed another dog friend.

So the tl;dr of this post is thank you for all the kind words and thoughts and empathy about Jarrah and may I please introduce Ella who is very slowly healing our hearts while chewing our socks

#jarrah #death #ella #RescueDog #work #grief #NewDog

My cat had been deaf for the last few years of his life, but he could tell I was talking to him when he looked at me, so I kept the habit of talking to the cat.

It's going to take me some time to get out of the habit, even though the cat IS NOT THERE ANYMORE to talk to.

#Grief #Loss #Cats

My cat had been deaf for the last few years of his life, but he could tell I was talking to him when he looked at me, so I kept the habit of talking to the cat.

It's going to take me some time to get out of the habit, even though the cat IS NOT THERE ANYMORE to talk to.

#Grief #Loss #Cats

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Her posts are cries for help, battling hardship of life.💔

Im angry of myself, that I believed her saying she is okay 💔 :neocat_cry:

#mastodon #community #grief #support #Yureii #40days

Her posts are cries for help, battling hardship of life.💔

Im angry of myself, that I believed her saying she is okay 💔 :neocat_cry:

#mastodon #community #grief #support #Yureii #40days

The Scottish independence referendum, for me, is the image of a young woman, my daughter, who was given one opportunity to take part in a democratic decision that mattered to her, and she took it. Whatever anyone's constitutional views, there's something quietly moving about that thought.
I wonder, had she lived, what she would think of a long line of English Prime Ministers who say that another vote is "out of bounds."
#Scotland
#Grief

The Scottish independence referendum, for me, is the image of a young woman, my daughter, who was given one opportunity to take part in a democratic decision that mattered to her, and she took it. Whatever anyone's constitutional views, there's something quietly moving about that thought.
I wonder, had she lived, what she would think of a long line of English Prime Ministers who say that another vote is "out of bounds."
#Scotland
#Grief

NEW from Jerry L. Woodbridge!
The Intersection is Book Two in the Loved Lost One series-a tender, faith-filled middle-grade novel about loss, survivor's guilt, and the resilience of the human heart. With honesty and hope, it shows young readers that even in life's darkest moments, God walks beside them, guiding them toward healing, one step at a time.
#middlegradefiction #grief #faith #books
https://www.amazon.com/Intersection-Loved-Lost-One-Book/dp/B0H7TCTTQL/

How media covers death and destruction in nature
Explicit content warnings needed for ecological disasters?

"Disasters that affect our ecosystems can generate anxiety, grief and a sense of helplessness, which media reporting can amplify."

"SA’s experience with the algal bloom suggests it’s time to extend the logic of existing media guidelines into the environmental domain. A dedicated framework for reporting on environmental disasters would not censor or dilute journalism. It would strengthen it." >>
https://theconversation.com/media-coverage-of-environmental-disasters-doesnt-come-with-a-content-warning-its-time-for-change-286564
#ecocide #trauma #destruction #harm #ecosystems #grief #EmotionalBracing #news #HABs #MSM #narrative #experiences #exposure #TriggerWarnings #ContentWarnings #DistressingContent #MassMortalities #FossilFuels #extractivism #environmental #disasters #biodiversity #extinctions

How media covers death and destruction in nature
Explicit content warnings needed for ecological disasters?

"Disasters that affect our ecosystems can generate anxiety, grief and a sense of helplessness, which media reporting can amplify."

"SA’s experience with the algal bloom suggests it’s time to extend the logic of existing media guidelines into the environmental domain. A dedicated framework for reporting on environmental disasters would not censor or dilute journalism. It would strengthen it." >>
https://theconversation.com/media-coverage-of-environmental-disasters-doesnt-come-with-a-content-warning-its-time-for-change-286564
#ecocide #trauma #destruction #harm #ecosystems #grief #EmotionalBracing #news #HABs #MSM #narrative #experiences #exposure #TriggerWarnings #ContentWarnings #DistressingContent #MassMortalities #FossilFuels #extractivism #environmental #disasters #biodiversity #extinctions

Big Fish

https://thewitch.blog/2026/07/29/big-fish/

Big Fish

https://thewitch.blog/2026/07/29/big-fish/

The couch is WRONG. It should have a cat in a cat bed right there, but there is no cat. There is no cat bed.

#Grief #Loss #Cats

The couch is WRONG. It should have a cat in a cat bed right there, but there is no cat. There is no cat bed.

#Grief #Loss #Cats

I met Steve a couple of years after Chris passed away. He was and is a kindness the universe gave me when I was truly lost. Steve told me I should look into a new car. I scoffed at him. “Why would I want a new car that comes with a new car payment?” The truth was, holding on to the car was holding on to Chris.
https://medium.com/prismnpen/the-gay-art-of-letting-go-tears-for-a-car-411a57c62de3

#LGBTQ #Grief #LettingGo

I met Steve a couple of years after Chris passed away. He was and is a kindness the universe gave me when I was truly lost. Steve told me I should look into a new car. I scoffed at him. “Why would I want a new car that comes with a new car payment?” The truth was, holding on to the car was holding on to Chris.
https://medium.com/prismnpen/the-gay-art-of-letting-go-tears-for-a-car-411a57c62de3

#LGBTQ #Grief #LettingGo

My comforting memorial, Never Forgotten, for CATS. Condolences for cat lovers. A memorial for anyone who loves the kitties they've lost.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/never-forgotten-cat-memorial-the-rainbow-bridge-art-cats-gift-sharon-cummings.html

#cat #cats #caturday #kitty #kitties #meow #felines #feline #catmom #catdad #pet #pets #memorials #grieving #grief #bereavement #condolences #sympathy #insympathy #SharonCummingsArt #art #artwork #therainbowbridge #rainbowbridge

My comforting memorial, Never Forgotten, for CATS. Condolences for cat lovers. A memorial for anyone who loves the kitties they've lost.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/never-forgotten-cat-memorial-the-rainbow-bridge-art-cats-gift-sharon-cummings.html

#cat #cats #caturday #kitty #kitties #meow #felines #feline #catmom #catdad #pet #pets #memorials #grieving #grief #bereavement #condolences #sympathy #insympathy #SharonCummingsArt #art #artwork #therainbowbridge #rainbowbridge

Grief is the Thing with Feathers. Max Porter.

The recent death of your wife has made you a single father, so you turn to a crow for help, but the crow’s advice is hard to follow.

4 of 5 library cats 🐦‍⬛ 🐦‍⬛ 🐦‍⬛ 🐦‍⬛.

@bookstodon #bookstodon #books #fiction #poetry #grief #crows #reading #therapy #death

Grief is the Thing with Feathers. Max Porter.

The recent death of your wife has made you a single father, so you turn to a crow for help, but the crow’s advice is hard to follow.

4 of 5 library cats 🐦‍⬛ 🐦‍⬛ 🐦‍⬛ 🐦‍⬛.

@bookstodon #bookstodon #books #fiction #poetry #grief #crows #reading #therapy #death

I just realised, my Nephew never talks about "My house" or "Home".

The place he lives he calls "Aunty [Name]'s house".

His house no longer exists. It burnt down, taking his dad and little brother.

He is such an amazing young man, there is such pain there but he still laughs easily, is full of the same mischief his dad had, and has such a beautiful presence about him - just like his dad did.

#Grief #GriefAndHealing #Family

I just realised, my Nephew never talks about "My house" or "Home".

The place he lives he calls "Aunty [Name]'s house".

His house no longer exists. It burnt down, taking his dad and little brother.

He is such an amazing young man, there is such pain there but he still laughs easily, is full of the same mischief his dad had, and has such a beautiful presence about him - just like his dad did.

#Grief #GriefAndHealing #Family

A quotation from The Talmud

When the Egyptians were drowning in the Red Sea, the angels in heaven began to break forth in songs of jubilation, but the Holy One, blessed be He, silenced them: “My creatures are perishing — and ye are ready to sing!”
 
בִּקְּשׁוּ מַלְאֲכֵי הַשָּׁרֵת לוֹמַר שִׁירָה, אָמַר הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא: מַעֲשֵׂה יָדַי טוֹבְעִין בַּיָּם, וְאַתֶּם אוֹמְרִים שִׁירָה

The Talmud (AD 200-500) Collection of Jewish rabbinical writings
Babylonian Talmud, Seder Moed, Megillah 10b.26 [Rosten (1972)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/talmud/4579/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #talmud #callousness #celebration #compassion #creation #creator #divineintervention #divinelove #divinewrath #God #grief #inappropriateness #mercy #sorrow #tragedy #war

Grief

••⋅☾ #俳句 ☽⋅••

Candle vigil
Freezing a frame
Perpetual grief

••⋅☾ #Haiku ☽⋅••

Photo: Yulia Sherstick
Poem: Nara Moore

#Poetry #詩 #NMPoetry #DailyHaikuPrompt 22nd & 23rd #Grief

Grief

••⋅☾ #俳句 ☽⋅••

Candle vigil
Freezing a frame
Perpetual grief

••⋅☾ #Haiku ☽⋅••

Photo: Yulia Sherstick
Poem: Nara Moore

#Poetry #詩 #NMPoetry #DailyHaikuPrompt 22nd & 23rd #Grief

Manga box sets of the deceased used as squat weights.

Bereaved families perform squats with the box sets, but fear next-day soreness is a spiritual haunting.

https://alt.andpaper.net/en/articles/20260723-muscle-wake-manga-squat/

#AltAndPaperEN #Manga #Grief

𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑾𝒂𝒚𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔: “𝑹𝒐𝒈𝒖𝒆 𝑾𝒂𝒗𝒆” -

We waited for “beloved”
and forgot our street number

When you died, grandfather,
your lips pursed around a “ku-” . . .

https://waywordsstudio.com/verse/rogue-wave/

#poetry #poetrycommunity #originalpoetry #writingcommunity #grief #weather #tsunami

𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑾𝒂𝒚𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔: “𝑹𝒐𝒈𝒖𝒆 𝑾𝒂𝒗𝒆” -

We waited for “beloved”
and forgot our street number

When you died, grandfather,
your lips pursed around a “ku-” . . .

https://waywordsstudio.com/verse/rogue-wave/

#poetry #poetrycommunity #originalpoetry #writingcommunity #grief #weather #tsunami

I Thought I Was Shopping at Dior. I Was Really Looking for Baby Lux.

https://momtraneur.com/2026/07/21/i-thought-i-was-shopping-at-dior-i-was-really-looking-for-baby-lux/

I Thought I Was Shopping at Dior. I Was Really Looking for Baby Lux.

https://momtraneur.com/2026/07/21/i-thought-i-was-shopping-at-dior-i-was-really-looking-for-baby-lux/

We Live In The Shadowlands

Several years ago, I watched Shadowlands and was deeply touched. The movie tells the true story of the author C.S. Lewis (Jack), who though an award-winning author, leads a relatively passionless life until he meets an American divorcee, Joy Gresham. It is the beginning of a deep love, a love that changes both of them in a powerful way, and deepens their faith in God. But their time together is short as Joy becomes terminally ill with cancer.

Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night afraid that something horrible has happened to someone that I love. So I pray for everyone I can think of. I reach my hand over and draw comfort from the warmth and breath of my wife who still sleeps beside me. Slowly my fear ebbs away because for another night the Angel of Death has passed over the doors of those who are closest to me. (Though I do not think it has very much to do with my prayers).

I want to pray as hard for everyone in the world as I pray for my family and friends. The Angel of Death does not always pass over. I do not want to live my life in fear. I do not want to be afraid of the pain that comes with being close to people and thereby miss the happiness that comes from their presence.

In the movie, Joy, in pushing Jack to be present to ALL of life, states: “We can’t have the happiness of yesterday without the pain of today. That’s the deal.”

We live in the Shadowlands, between the sunrise and sunset. But the sun is always present and as long as I cast a shadow, it means that I am alive. Alive to live and love and care and hurt to the fullest of my being.

That’s the deal.

(November 2007)

We Live In The Shadowlands

Several years ago, I watched Shadowlands and was deeply touched. The movie tells the true story of the author C.S. Lewis (Jack), who though an award-winning author, leads a relatively passionless life until he meets an American divorcee, Joy Gresham. It is the beginning of a deep love, a love that changes both of them in a powerful way, and deepens their faith in God. But their time together is short as Joy becomes terminally ill with cancer.

Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night afraid that something horrible has happened to someone that I love. So I pray for everyone I can think of. I reach my hand over and draw comfort from the warmth and breath of my wife who still sleeps beside me. Slowly my fear ebbs away because for another night the Angel of Death has passed over the doors of those who are closest to me. (Though I do not think it has very much to do with my prayers).

I want to pray as hard for everyone in the world as I pray for my family and friends. The Angel of Death does not always pass over. I do not want to live my life in fear. I do not want to be afraid of the pain that comes with being close to people and thereby miss the happiness that comes from their presence.

In the movie, Joy, in pushing Jack to be present to ALL of life, states: “We can’t have the happiness of yesterday without the pain of today. That’s the deal.”

We live in the Shadowlands, between the sunrise and sunset. But the sun is always present and as long as I cast a shadow, it means that I am alive. Alive to live and love and care and hurt to the fullest of my being.

That’s the deal.

(November 2007)

This is my friend Cricket. She's been my best friend for 11 years, my constant companion.
She got sick, and today was her last day. I miss her terribly.
I just wanted people to know about her. Thank you for looking.

#CatsOfMastadon #Cat #Gato #Grief #Loss

This is my friend Cricket. She's been my best friend for 11 years, my constant companion.
She got sick, and today was her last day. I miss her terribly.
I just wanted people to know about her. Thank you for looking.

#CatsOfMastadon #Cat #Gato #Grief #Loss

Son's dying wish to see mum play soccer now helps her cope with loss
By Sarah Forster

After Spencer Farley was diagnosed with terminal cancer, he asked his mum to start playing soccer. In the 12 months since his death, the game has kept her going.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-22/central-coast-soccer-mum-honours-son/106909086

#Grief #Soccer #ClubsandAssociations #SarahForster

B Advised
by Kevin Ahern

In writing
Avoid grief
B brief

#funny #comedy #laugh #silly #humor #humour #verse #poetry #poem #writing #grief #brief

A Question of Conscience

Are you dead, my guide?
Or have you simply sunk into the muck
that creeps upon these inner corridors,
drowning in helpless demise?

The glass is obscured and the
bright moon has faded into the mist
while I, like a blind hand groping,
stand trembling in this night,

waiting.

October 28, 1988, Curridabat, Costa Rica

Part of the continuing Respectful American series, a selection of writings from my travel journals from Central America in 1988

AI 'ghosts' comfort the grieving — even when the bots get the facts wrong

If this matters to you, share it.

https://1ban.news/ai-ghosts-grief-mourners/

#1ban #ghosts #grief #mourners #science #research

Between the Lines #1

https://destinylaharris.wordpress.com/2026/07/20/between-the-lines-1/