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  1. The Strange History of Mourning Jewelry

    Ordinary objects. Disturbing origins. Jewelry is usually associated with beauty. Luxury. Romance. Celebration. But during the Victorian era, some jewelry carried something far more personal. Human hair from the dead. Locks of hair were woven into rings, necklaces, bracelets, and brooches as a way to remember lost loved ones. And for many people at the time, it wasn’t considered strange. It was considered comforting. Grief Worn in Public During the 19th century, mourning rituals […]

    darkbydesign7.wordpress.com/20

  2. NEW Song – Treći Maj (The Third of May)

    May 3, 2023 refers to the Vladislav Ribnikar school shooting in Belgrade, Serbia, where a 13-year-old student killed nine students and a school security guard; six others were injured. The tragedy shocked Serbia and was followed by public mourning, protests, and a government disarmament campaign.

    Lyrics:

    Treći Maj (The Third of May)

    Verse 1
    Na zidu piše: Predaj oružje
    The wall cannot carry all the grief.
    A city holds its breath in silence,
    counting names like broken beads.

    Schoolyard bells and empty hallways,
    flowers trembling in the rain,
    the Spirit cries in a language
    that nobody can explain.

    Chorus
    Predaj oružje — lay it down, lay it down.
    So many children buried in this town.
    Razgovarajte sa decom — hear them now, hear them now
    at the altars where we bow.

    Verse 2
    Na vratima piše: Razgovarajte sa decom
    speak to your children while they’re near.
    Ask what shadows walk beside them,
    where their bright joy turns to fear.

    Not every wound is seen by daylight,
    silent tears without a sound.
    Some are present in the classroom
    while their hearts are underground.

    Chorus
    Predaj oružje — lay it down, lay it down.
    Too many children buried in this town.
    Razgovarajte sa decom — hear them now, hear them now
    at the altars where we bow.

    Bridge
    If we only shout after thunder,
    if we only weep after the flames,
    then the stones will learn our prayers
    where we’ve carved our children’s names.

    So open every locked-up room,
    open every frightened hand.
    Let the living be our shrine,
    let compassion rule the land.

    Final Chorus
    Predaj oružje — lay it down, lay it down.
    Let no more hatred wear a crown.
    Razgovarajte sa decom — hear them say, hear them say.
    Let love be our king today.

    Outro
    Na zidu piše: Predaj oružje.
    Na srcu piše: hear their quiet call.
    Razgovarajte sa decom —
    Talk to your children.
    Talk to them all.

    #albumCover #antiGunViolence #Belgrade #candlelightVigil #Children #disarmament #Flowers #grief #Healing #lamentSong #listenToChildren #May3 #Mourning #Nonviolence #peace #PeaceGrooves #PredajOružje #propheticMusic #protestSong #RazgovarajteSaDecom #schoolMemorial #Serbia #SerbianSchoolShooting #SlušajteSvojuDecu #symbolicPhotography #Trauma #VladislavRibnikar
  3. NEW Song – Treći Maj (The Third of May)

    May 3, 2023 refers to the Vladislav Ribnikar school shooting in Belgrade, Serbia, where a 13-year-old student killed nine students and a school security guard; six others were injured. The tragedy shocked Serbia and was followed by public mourning, protests, and a government disarmament campaign.

    Lyrics:

    Treći Maj (The Third of May)

    Verse 1
    Na zidu piše: Predaj oružje
    The wall cannot carry all the grief.
    A city holds its breath in silence,
    counting names like broken beads.

    Schoolyard bells and empty hallways,
    flowers trembling in the rain,
    the Spirit cries in a language
    that nobody can explain.

    Chorus
    Predaj oružje — lay it down, lay it down.
    So many children buried in this town.
    Razgovarajte sa decom — hear them now, hear them now
    at the altars where we bow.

    Verse 2
    Na vratima piše: Razgovarajte sa decom
    speak to your children while they’re near.
    Ask what shadows walk beside them,
    where their bright joy turns to fear.

    Not every wound is seen by daylight,
    silent tears without a sound.
    Some are present in the classroom
    while their hearts are underground.

    Chorus
    Predaj oružje — lay it down, lay it down.
    Too many children buried in this town.
    Razgovarajte sa decom — hear them now, hear them now
    at the altars where we bow.

    Bridge
    If we only shout after thunder,
    if we only weep after the flames,
    then the stones will learn our prayers
    where we’ve carved our children’s names.

    So open every locked-up room,
    open every frightened hand.
    Let the living be our shrine,
    let compassion rule the land.

    Final Chorus
    Predaj oružje — lay it down, lay it down.
    Let no more hatred wear a crown.
    Razgovarajte sa decom — hear them say, hear them say.
    Let love be our king today.

    Outro
    Na zidu piše: Predaj oružje.
    Na srcu piše: hear their quiet call.
    Razgovarajte sa decom —
    Talk to your children.
    Talk to them all.

    #albumCover #antiGunViolence #Belgrade #candlelightVigil #Children #disarmament #Flowers #grief #Healing #lamentSong #listenToChildren #May3 #Mourning #Nonviolence #peace #PeaceGrooves #PredajOružje #propheticMusic #protestSong #RazgovarajteSaDecom #schoolMemorial #Serbia #SerbianSchoolShooting #SlušajteSvojuDecu #symbolicPhotography #Trauma #VladislavRibnikar
  4. An injured woman mourns next to the body of her sister, Hawraa, during the funeral of six women and a man killed in Israeli strikes in Abbasiyeh.

    Photograph: Louisa Gouliamaki/Reuters

    #photography
    #Lebanon
    #Tyre
    #women
    #mourning

  5. A quotation from Alexander Smith

    Your death and my death are mainly of importance to ourselves. The black plumes will be stripped off our hearses within the hour; tears will dry, hurt hearts close again, our graves grow level with the church-yard, and although we are away, the world wags on. It does not miss us; and those who are near us, when the first strangeness of vacancy wears off, will not miss us much either.

    Alexander Smith (1830-1867) Scottish poet
    Essay (1863), “Of Death and the Fear of Dying”, Dreamthorp

    More about this quote: wist.info/smith-alexander/8321…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #alexandersmith #abiding #continuation #death #dying #grief #grieving #mourning #mementomori

  6. A quotation from Shakespeare

    MALCOLM: Be comforted.
       Let’s make us med’cines of our great revenge,
       To cure this deadly grief.
    MACDUFF: He has no children. All my pretty ones?
       Did you say “all”? O hell-kite! All?
       What, all my pretty chickens and their dam
       At one fell swoop?
    MALCOLM: Dispute it like a man.
    MACDUFF: I shall do so,
       But I must also feel it as a man.

    William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
    Macbeth, Act 4, sc. 3, l. 252ff (4.3.252-261) (1606)

    More about this quote: wist.info/shakespeare-william/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #shakespeare #williamshakespeare #macbeth #family #grief #killing #manliness #masculinity #mourning #murder #revenge #vengeance

  7. For #MythologyMonday -- my favorite #GreekMyth associated with the constellation Cygnus is about the death of Phaethon.

    After Phaethon was killed by Zeus for nearly crashing the chariot of Helios, his lover #Cygnus collected every one of his bones from the river where his body was scattered by Zeus's thunderbolt. The gods were so moved by Cygnus's grief and devotion, they turned him into a swan and put him in the night sky.

    Phaethon's sisters, the Heliades, also mourned at the river side, eventually becoming black polars on the side of the river where his remains fell.

    #Mourning #GreekMythology #Phaethon #Cynus #StarLore #myth #mythology

    📷 :en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phaethon

  8. I would like to ask strangers for the food they don’t eat

    Dear Eric: Often when I’m eating at a restaurant or cafe, I’ll notice other tables leaving half-finished food to be thrown out. In these situations, I’m tempted to either ask if …
    #dining #cooking #diet #food #Food #AskingEric #Awkward #bereavement #ericthomas #family #leftovers #mourning #request #restaurant #rude #SISTER-IN-LAW #strangers
    diningandcooking.com/2452833/i

  9. A quotation from Shakespeare

    KING RICHARD: You may my glories and my state depose
       But not my griefs; still am I king of those.

    William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
    Richard II, Act 4, sc. 1, l. 201ff (4.1.201-202) (1595)

    More info about this quote: wist.info/shakespeare-william/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #shakespeare #williamshakespeare #richardii #autonomy #emotion #glory #grief #innerself #mourning #power #prestige #remorse

  10. A quotation from Edna St. Vincent Millay

    And what are you that, missing you,
       I should be kept awake
    As many nights as there are days
       With weeping for your sake?

    Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950) American poet
    Poem (1921-10-31), “The Philosopher,” st. 1, Ainslee’s Magazine, Vol. 48, No. 3

    More about this quote: wist.info/millay-edna-st-vince…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #millay #ednastvincentmillay #poetry #bereavement #craving #crying #grieving #longing #missing #mourning #pining #relationship #separation #sleeplessness #weeping #yearning

  11. A quotation from Edna St. Vincent Millay

    And what are you that, missing you,
       I should be kept awake
    As many nights as there are days
       With weeping for your sake?

    Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950) American poet
    Poem (1921-10-31), “The Philosopher,” st. 1, Ainslee’s Magazine, Vol. 48, No. 3

    More about this quote: wist.info/millay-edna-st-vince…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #millay #ednastvincentmillay #poetry #bereavement #craving #crying #grieving #longing #missing #mourning #pining #relationship #separation #sleeplessness #weeping #yearning

  12. A quotation from Edna St. Vincent Millay

    And what are you that, missing you,
       I should be kept awake
    As many nights as there are days
       With weeping for your sake?

    Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950) American poet
    Poem (1921-10-31), “The Philosopher,” st. 1, Ainslee’s Magazine, Vol. 48, No. 3

    More about this quote: wist.info/millay-edna-st-vince…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #millay #ednastvincentmillay #poetry #bereavement #craving #crying #grieving #longing #missing #mourning #pining #relationship #separation #sleeplessness #weeping #yearning

  13. A quotation from Edna St. Vincent Millay

    And what are you that, missing you,
       I should be kept awake
    As many nights as there are days
       With weeping for your sake?

    Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950) American poet
    Poem (1921-10-31), “The Philosopher,” st. 1, Ainslee’s Magazine, Vol. 48, No. 3

    More about this quote: wist.info/millay-edna-st-vince…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #millay #ednastvincentmillay #poetry #bereavement #craving #crying #grieving #longing #missing #mourning #pining #relationship #separation #sleeplessness #weeping #yearning

  14. @darren [2/2]

    We have another line edge print by Kollwitz, from 1919, The Mourner, darkly depicting a man paying his respect at the funeral of the revolutionary leader Karl Liebknecht. Liebknecht had been murdered by paramilitaries in final stages of the fevered time after the 1914-1918 war.

    The print is from my late father's collection, it now hangs in our living room. My father was born a little after Liebknecht's death, he was drafted in to be a soldier in Russia as a very young man, and after 1945 he became an active Social Democrat to build a new democratic Germany. His poliitical positions were quite different from those of Karl Liebknecht two or three generations earlier. And yet, he felt a common cause, and the art of Käthe Kollwitz brought them together.

    Good to meet a fellow Kollwitz friend here on Mastodon!

    capsuleauctions.com/auction/lo

    #KätheKollwitz #KarlLiebknecht #mourning #resistance

  15. Blackwidow #WritersWednesday #mourning #fifty

    We were here, together, not long ago, and you said you liked the place. Restful and quiet, you said. And now, watching the fresh grave, my eyes dry, I am wondering if you really left. And she, silent, black-clad, is already in mourning, perhaps your true widow, unlike me, faithful...

    honoratus20018.wordpress.com/2

  16. A good resource for you who are suffering from a loss (pet, partner, job, home, etc).

    Understanding Grief, Mourning, and Bereavement in Positive Psychology.com article "10 Grief Counseling Therapy Techniques & Interventions"

    25 Apr 2018 by Jeremy Sutton, Ph.D.
    Scientifically reviewed by Gabriella Lancia, Ph.D.

    "The terms grief, mourning, and bereavement are typically used interchangeably in everyday conversation and yet are sometimes distinguished as follows by mental health professionals (Worden, 2010, p. 17):

    Grief – the experience of losing someone to death (it can also include other losses)
    Mourning – the process the bereaved passes through to adapt and become accustomed to the death or loss
    Bereavement – the loss the individual feels while they learn to adapt to the new situation"

    Source positivepsychology.com/grief-c

    #MentalHealth #grief #mourning #bereavement #counseling #therapy #psychology

  17. NGL with LinkedIn using content for AI training (already opted out), I wanna leave BUT also feel I have to be there coz:

    1. red flag apparently if i'm not searchable for people who want to hire me or collab on projects
    2. able to post about #DWeb / #OpenWeb there so I can show non #fedi folx how awesome it is here on the #Fediverse
    3. i host, cohost, attend, promote #VancouverTech events
    Meeting a lot of new folx coming into to VanCity who want and appreciate being tagged in my picture posts, writing, or basically anything related to food or coffee (my true loves) LOL.

    Since summer, volunteering for IRL #grief support / #mourning walks at the New West quay via BC Bereavement Helpline and Tech2Step Canada.

    With September being Suicide awareness/prevention month, I help spread the message about not being alone & resources available. Hopefully it is reaching who needs it!

    Is being on LinkedIn helpful RN? Yes so until someone creates a #FLOSS version, I feel stuck

    #MondayMusing #ThinkingOutLoud

  18. A quotation from Millay

    Life must go on:
    I forget just why.

    Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950) American poet
    “Lament” (1921-03), The Century Magazine, Vol. 101 (74), No. 5

    More info about this quote: wist.info/millay-edna-st-vince…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #millay #EdnaStVincentMillay #continuation #death #grief #keepgoing #life #mourning

  19. Rest in peace my grandmother Syifa Bilahmar, the mother of my mother (5 October, 1960 - 25 July, 2025). She died at the age of 64 next to my mother and my grandfather's younger brother (her brother-in-law) in a hospital in Manado City. May her grave be made spacious.

    #sofiaflorina #ソフィアフロリナ #family #myfamily #grandmother #grandma #mygrandmother #mygrandma #rip #restinpeace #death #mourning #grieving #mourn #grief

  20. Rest in peace my grandmother Syifa Bilahmar, the mother of my mother (5 October, 1960 - 25 July, 2025). She died at the age of 64 next to my mother and my grandfather's younger brother (her brother-in-law) in a hospital in Manado City. May her grave be made spacious.

    #sofiaflorina #ソフィアフロリナ #family #myfamily #grandmother #grandma #mygrandmother #mygrandma #rip #restinpeace #death #mourning #grieving #mourn #grief

  21. A shoulder many want to be side by side,
    - grinning, just for a moment followed with millions tickling likes.
    A hand many want to kiss,
    - gleeful, just for a moment like enclosed with glory light.
    A face many want to see,
    - infatuated, just for a moment like tomorrow will never arrived.
    Deaf are just those ears, no words have been allowed in the mind.
    At last, can rest in peace.

    - A pristine puddle in the swamp of folly.

    #Humanity #Politics #NewEra #Weirdism #Mourning

  22. Another hard thing…

    ...and I really hate needing to do it... Trigger warning ⚠️ this post will discuss the passing of a beloved pet and what to do after that. It was very hard go write, so I recon it may be hard to read as well... As I write this, Arwen is walking in front of me, sniffing as she goes, relaxing and enjoying the walkies. We're going a bit slower, she needs a rest every now and then, but she wags her tail, she comes for hugs... She's showing me she's having a good time. As I write this, I start crying and find out that I forgot my tissues.... Ah well... Sobbing mess it is... […]

    cynnisblog.wordpress.com/2025/

  23. A quotation from Dante

         “Why linger here, my soul?
    The torments you will have to suffer here
    Upon this earth which even now you hate,
    Weigh heavily upon my fearful mind.”
    Then calling upon death,
    As I would call on lovely, soothing peace,
    I say: “Come to me,” with such yearning love
    That I am jealous of whoever dies.
     
         [«Anima mia, ché non ten vai?
    ché li tormenti che tu porterai
    nel secol, che t’è già tanto noioso,
    mi fan pensoso di paura forte».
    Ond’io chiamo la Morte,
    come soave e dolce mio riposo;
    e dico «Vieni a me» con tanto amore,
    che sono astioso di chiunque more.]

    Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) Italian poet
    La Vita Nuova [Vita Nova; New Life], ch. 33 (c. 1294, pub. 1576) [tr. Musa (1971)]

    Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/dante-alighieri-poet…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #bereaved #death #grief #grieving #mourning

  24. A quotation from Dante

         “Why linger here, my soul?
    The torments you will have to suffer here
    Upon this earth which even now you hate,
    Weigh heavily upon my fearful mind.”
    Then calling upon death,
    As I would call on lovely, soothing peace,
    I say: “Come to me,” with such yearning love
    That I am jealous of whoever dies.
     
         [«Anima mia, ché non ten vai?
    ché li tormenti che tu porterai
    nel secol, che t’è già tanto noioso,
    mi fan pensoso di paura forte».
    Ond’io chiamo la Morte,
    come soave e dolce mio riposo;
    e dico «Vieni a me» con tanto amore,
    che sono astioso di chiunque more.]

    Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) Italian poet
    La Vita Nuova [Vita Nova; New Life], ch. 33 (c. 1294, pub. 1576) [tr. Musa (1971)]

    Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/dante-alighieri-poet…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #bereaved #death #grief #grieving #mourning

  25. A quotation from Walter M. Miller, Jr.

    To mourn is to pity oneself. The dead feel nothing. The mourner does not pity the dead. He pities himself for having lost the living.

    Walter M. Miller Jr. (1923-1996) American science fiction writer
    “The Soul-Empty Ones,” Astounding Science Fiction (1951-08)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/miller-walter-m/7444…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #bereaved #death #grief #loss #mourning #selfpity

  26. A quotation from Euripides:

    «
    ELECTRA: Onward, O labouring tread,
    As on move the years;
    Onward amid thy tears,
    O happier dead!

    [ἨΛΈΚΤΡΑ: σύντειν᾽ — ὥρα — ποδὸς ὁρμάν: ὤ,
    ἔμβα, ἔμβα κατακλαίουσα:
    ἰώ μοί μοι.]
    »

    Full quote, sourcing, notes:
    wist.info/euripides/73608/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #crying #misery #mourning #onward #perseverance #sticktoit #tears