Words of comfort
Some of the words about grief that people have found helpful.
“When someone you love becomes a memory, that memory becomes a treasure.”
“She was no longer wrestling with the grief, but could sit down with it as a lasting companion and make it a sharer in her thoughts.”
“What we once enjoyed and deeply loved we can never lose, for all that we love deeply becomes part of us.”
“Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and brings a vision for tomorrow.”
“Death leaves a heartache that no one can heal, but love leaves a memory that no one can steal.”
“Those we love don’t go away, they walk beside us every day. Unheard but always near, still loved, still missed and very dear.”
“Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.”
“Grief never ends, but it changes. It’s a passage, not a place to stay. Grief is not a sign of weakness, nor a lack of faith. It is the price of love.”
“One day we will remember how lucky we were to have known their love, with wonder, not grief.”
“It’s hard to forget someone who gave you so much to remember.”
“No one is actually dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away.”
“It’s okay to cry when there’s too much on your mind. The clouds rain too when they get heavy.”
“Healing unfolds in its own time; it doesn’t look to the clock or calendar for direction.”
“Perhaps they are not stars in the sky, but rather openings where our loved ones shine down to let us know they are happy.”
“Grief is in two parts. The first is loss. The second is the remaking of life.”
“In the garden of memory, in the place of dreams… that is where you and I will meet.”
“Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering ‘it will be happier’.”
“To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.”
“Like scattered seeds, memories bloom forever.”
“Grief is the price we pay for love.”