Spending Thursday and Friday with other people who also get it. Grief and trauma need to be witnessed and acknowledged, or it's impossible to have any kind or healing or learning to live with an otherwise impossible situation. #griefsky
It’s my bday month! I’ve been sinking into a decade+/- of disenfranchised #grief so big shame feels have robbed me of too many bdays. Not adding to my regrets this year though—I am celebrating all the joy! I’ll still carry the weight but while wearing a silly hat #griefsky
Yesterday my son and I went through my late husband’s clothes/etc. It’s been 3 1/2 years, tried once before but couldn’t do it. I’m now sitting with bags of clothes, garbage bags full of discarded items, and it has caught up to me, hard.
Today will be a nothing day.
Coffee, movies.
#GriefSky #Grief
“We cannot build emotional muscle if we never lift the weight.”
- Joanne Cacciatore
#griefsky
#grief
#mourning
Check out my new post! Have been doing better, but grief is a jerk. However, I might be writing a new story. Who knows?
Anyone else write through the pain?
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#grief #writingsky #writersky #writingcommunity #deadmomsclub #substacksky #substack #griefsky
I miss being in love
I miss loving someone intimately
I miss being loved by them
I once heard my fiancé talking with childhood friend on phone and telling him about me and being in love and how wonderful it was.
Our chapter was short ‘twas a magical time now locked in my heart.
#GriefSky
Photo (2011) of Marc and Kris Kancler aka Rock Star and Super Star, respectively. Marc Kancler: 1.15.74 - 11.29.17 Kris Kancler: 1.15.74 - 8.25.23 rockstarsuperstarproject.org
Today we remember and celebrate the Kancler brothers on their birthday. 🕊️🤍 #RSSSP #griefsky #sobersky #twinloss
Marc Kancler: 1.15.74 - 11.29.17
Kris Kancler: 1.15.74 - 8.25.23
rockstarsuperstarproject.org
This week on Substack, I finally wrote about how films and the act of going to the cinema gives me room to grieve.
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#amwriting #grief #griefsky #mentalhealth #selfcare #suicideloss
It’s stupid how a trip to Trader Joe’s can bring up grief around your friend who died a few months ago and also your friend who died 6 years ago. #griefsky
When you’re in casual conversation with someone you’ll never see again and they ask how many siblings you have… I just start talking fast about the one so no one asks about my late sister. It doesn’t feel right ignoring that I have two siblings even if it’s fine in polite small talk #grief #griefsky
Solemn business, life
Just minding your own, and then
Grief sneaks up on you.
#BlueskyPoets #griefsky #haiku #mentalhealth #micropoetry #poetrycommunity #vss365
“Doodles: Down Syndrome Awareness Month” (2025) A blue and gold portrait by Courtney Lee Designs of her big brother, who passed away at age 30 in September 2024.
It’s Down Syndrome Awareness Month. I miss you, Doodles. 💛💙
4.17.1994 - 9.7.2024 💔🕊️
#CourtneyLeeDesigns #siblingloss #grief #griefsky #brother #portraitart #procreateart #artsky #downsyndrome #downsyndromeawareness #autismawareness
Found this from May of ‘24 and it feels even more relevant to me now. I wrote:
These days, when I see my face in the mirror, it's your eyes staring back at me, through me, asking what I'm going to do with time you did not have. #griefsky
Sometimes once a wave of grief is triggered it becomes a rip current 😔💔 Feel like it’s pulling me under today. I miss my sister so much. #griefsky
My therapist was definitely not expecting my plot twist today after I told her that my MIL died & then stopped her before getting into that because SURPRISE one of our closest friends also OD’d a week later. And no we haven’t even had the memorials for July’s plane crash yet. #griefsky
A Longing for Mornings Past…
The warmth of you predawn till the rustling
Slowly sip the coffee you left by the bed
A walk downstairs
My beautiful man with smiling eyes
Open arms await
Good morning sweetie xoxoxo ❤️ 💋
#GriefSky
❤️🩹 Started to read what I’m sure is a beautiful and moving book I’ve been looking forward to but had to NOPE out because there was a car accident in which someone was killed. Just not ready to read that now, maybe not ever.
(And that’s okay)
#griefsky
Oh hey #griefsky! We’re back with yet another horrific death in the family just a few weeks after the first bout. Kubler-Ross Overdrive.
This part. People who ask if you're better yet, or if you have moved on yet (or why you aren't/haven't) frequently don't have an empty seat from a profound loss in their family where a loved one should exist in this world. 💔🥀🐦⬛🐝🐇 #griefsky @refugeingrief.bsky.social
“Super Star - RSSS Legacy 2.0: Stay Tuned” (2025) silver, glittery artwork by Courtney Lee Designs; shared on the two-year anniversary of Super Star’s passing.
🤍🕊️🤍🕊️🤍 #RSSS #griefsky #artsky Artwork by: @courtneyleedesigns.com
