Thank you for writing this. Nine years ago my mother died, mercifully. I had been saying goodbye to her for 5 years before that, the long goodbye that was dementia. Our relationship was complicated, one the “Untier of Knots” holds with gentleness and compassion in me. Centering prayer / contemplative practice truly support the releasing for me you describe. I am curious to know your thoughts on Francis Weller’s work with ritual and grief -?
Thank you for reading it! Contemplative practice is what held me up during this time as well. I don't know Francis Weller's work as much as I'd like to, but I agree with the main premise- That grief work is soul work, that often the path to transformation is a path of descent, and that community and developing ritual is important. Speaking of grief - seeing you and Wes on here really makes me miss Charlotte!
What a gift, thank you for sharing it!
Beautifully written. "Letting go isn't erasing the past. It's integrating it." Thank you for this wisdom.
Thank you.
Thank you for writing this. Nine years ago my mother died, mercifully. I had been saying goodbye to her for 5 years before that, the long goodbye that was dementia. Our relationship was complicated, one the “Untier of Knots” holds with gentleness and compassion in me. Centering prayer / contemplative practice truly support the releasing for me you describe. I am curious to know your thoughts on Francis Weller’s work with ritual and grief -?
Thank you for reading it! Contemplative practice is what held me up during this time as well. I don't know Francis Weller's work as much as I'd like to, but I agree with the main premise- That grief work is soul work, that often the path to transformation is a path of descent, and that community and developing ritual is important. Speaking of grief - seeing you and Wes on here really makes me miss Charlotte!