IN THIS VIDEO:
It is hard to do much when you feel like your core has been blown out of you.
Sharing some poetry, and some insight to the journey after tragic loss.
Even though I Grieve
Even though I grieve
I can smile at your photo
Even though I cry
I can feel grateful
Even though I am broken
I can limp along today
Even though I miss you
I can create new memories now
Even though you were always here
I know that you are gone
Even though my house is quiet
I can still feel, and hear you
Even though I grieve you son
My love spans all time and space.
I will always be your Mom.
You will always be my Daniel.
Even though I grieve and hurt
I am healed by memories of you.
Dear listeners and friends,
This is the idea behind this episode .... I AM 213 DAYS INTO THIS GRIEF....
So, I say to myself, each day. “Wake up. Breathe. Be grateful. Check in with yourself. What should I do next?” Here I am. Back in the comfort of my own words and hoping that somehow, I can find others who are learning to live with loss, and grief. Are you there? How can I help? How can we help each other? And I stop, make myself a coffee from my Nespresso machine, take the dog out, and hug my husband. Then I wonder if I am having attention deficit because I forgot what I originally intended to do before I started making my coffee. Ever have that happen to you?
OK. Keep going Julie. BREATHE!! Grief is like a getting a new skin. A transformation into a new human being whose heart has been broken beyond repair. The pain just becomes part of everything. By osmosis grief enters every cell of your physical human existence and forms a new person. It is this new you, that supports how you cope. It is the new way you interpret the world. It is you transformed in how you exist in relationships.
As I have taken minute by minute, stepping along with this new " me " in my life after Daniel, figuring out what to do now has been really hard. I feel like a tree with no trunk and just a lot of branches floating in the wind. Nothing is grounded. Nothing is landing.
But here I am, and this is now episode 30 of a podcast project that I had hoped would help people who are caregivers, that has turned into "People who are caregivers whose person died".
Please let me know if there is anything I say that connects with you, or make suggestions to help me. I am so grateful to be here now. And I hope you are too!!!
Much Love,
Julie A. Hasselberger
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We lost our beloved Daniel on January 12, 2024. Stay with me as I work through grief and finding purpose. It is early days. And very hard.
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Daniel was born with a rare condition called Polymicrogyria. It was caused by the virus, CMV (cytomegalovirus). Daniel has extensive medical problems and disabilities, but we have created a loving support structure for him, and the 5 of us, and our pets, find lots of joy and love. A very unique family dynamic for sure!
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