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Washington Irving says there is a sacredness in tears…

“There is a sacredness in tears.  They are not the mark of weakness, but of power.  They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues.  They are messengers of overwhelming grief…and unspeakable love.” – Washington Irving

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Isabel Stenzel Byrnes says but most of all, we deeply loved each other…

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Rollo May says to love means to open ourselves to the negative as well as the positive…

“To love means to open ourselves to the negative as well as the positive – to grief, sorrow, and disappointment as well as to joy, fulfillment, and an intensity of consciousness we did not know was possible before.” – Rollo … Continue reading

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C.S. Lewis says no one ever told me…

“No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.” – C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed

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W. Scott Lineberry says when a relationship of love is disrupted…

“When a relationship of love is disrupted, the relationship does not cease. The love continues; therefore, the relationship continues. The work of grief is to reconcile and redeem life to a different love relationship.” – W. Scott Lineberry

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