#grief

RE: https://lgbtqia.space/@aceofcosmicspace/117599183219538441 Let's talk a little bit about the grief that comes with becoming disabled, and the reminders that occur daily for many of us about how we used to be able to do things "better". This project would have taken me an hour at most, when I was healthier. Today, it took me almost four hours, interspersed with rests(5 of them, laying flat), talking myself through it, bargaining with myself, and willing myself to get it done, as well as almost crying at one point from the pain in my hands, and pushing through feelings of shame because it was impossible to get as perfect as I'd have been able to do before. This is the stuff you mostly don't see or hear about from your spouse, partner, family, friends and co-workers with disability-the massive physical *and* emotional struggle that goes on behind the scenes, to complete things that are simple for others, and were likely simple for us at one point too. #disabledlife #disabledtruth #grief #chronicpain #boostsappreciated @broadwaybabyto@zeroes.ca #spoonie #chronicillness #chronicallyill #SpoonieLife #SpoonieThings

@ovaettr@denton.social $270 left for September For food, meds, and my phone bill. I appreciate any help at all #disabled #mutualaid #lgbtq #queer #directaid #mentalhealth #grief #food #poverty #disabled #spoonie #chronicallyill @disabledvoices@newsmast.community @mutualaid@ovo.st @mutualaid@fedigroups.social

Today I miss my brother I have no idea why today particularly. It is not a birthday, an anniversary, or other significant date. I just really keenly feel a space in my heart where he should be. I will roll with this wave of grief. There is more time between each one now and I have a chance to breathe. I am starting to heal around the scar that loss leaves. The edges are not so raw and tender. I am starting to have hope. But today, I miss my brother #grief

It's been five years today since my son Adam died. Missing his smile and his bear hug. Light poem by Robert Montgomery: https://www.robertmontgomery.org/recycledsunlightpoems/2grya25po4v0uts1x9p2asxcz6l3ca #Grief

by Ang Kiukok I found the name but not a title. I will make this the last of the bummer pics I put up for a little bit. My friend died last week early Saturday. He will be missed, he was my hero, he taught me a lot. I say friend but he was a mentor, if you know you know, anyway, thanks man. I miss you. I am learning to dance to the record on the turntable. ❤️ #art #sadness #grief #loss #freedom #acceptance #alive #friends

research question: Do you know any historical song about mourning, from England or the UK? Bonus points if it's from the 19th century. It doesn't have to be religious. Folk songs welcome. I searched online and found several websites with plenty of historical songs, but no category specifically for the topics of grief and mourning. If you know a website with that category, please write the link. I am looking for this for a novel. Please #boost. Thanks. #mourning #grief #music #question #song

Russell T Davies says death of late husband has been his 'greatest loss' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c36d56x3ln6o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss #News #HumanInterest #Grief

Grieving mum was told baby's ashes were animal remains https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly5jvegxeqo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss #News #Grief #HumanInterest

The couch is WRONG. It should have a cat in a cat bed right there, but there is no cat. There is no cat bed. #Grief #Loss #Cats

Funeral director treated deceased 'like a piece of meat' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg5lv0jp5veo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss #Crime #Investigation #Grief

Grief ••⋅☾ #俳句 ☽⋅•• Candle vigil Freezing a frame Perpetual grief ••⋅☾ #Haiku ☽⋅•• Photo: Yulia Sherstick Poem: Nara Moore #Poetry #詩 #NMPoetry #DailyHaikuPrompt 22nd & 23rd #Grief

'I would rather be poor': man says money cannot compensate for partner's death after failed cancer diagnosis https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jul/23/i-would-rather-be-poor-man-says-money-cannot-compensate-for-partners-death-after-failed-cancer-diagnosis #Society #Health #Grief

No one in my developmental psych lectures talks about this: the grief of outgrowing someone. No fight. No villain. Just two people becoming different shapes. And you mourn them while they're still in your phone. Still "a friend." I don't think I've learned how to grieve someone who's still alive. I don't think anyone teaches you that. #grief #psychology #developmentalpsychology

'Play music loud to remember Ozzy' says Sharon on first anniversary of his death https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd7lnl9jzgyo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss #Music #Grief #Celebrity

Today should be my nephew's 7th birthday. Instead he will be forever 4 years old. Please, make sure you know what to do in case of a fire. Know which adult is going for which child. Practice your escape routes. Does the plan change if you have young grandkids staying over? #FireSafety #Fire #Grief #Safety

My Recently Widowed Mother Has Become Seriously Unhygienic. Help! https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/style/grieving-mourning-cleanliness-hygiene.html #Lifestyle #PersonalCare #Grief

Prince Harry talks grief, stress and loss in final event of UK trip https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yzn9xqz0po?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss #News #Royals #Grief

We know how to mourn other humans – but what about ecological grief? In Iceland, people commemorated its first glacier formally declared lost to climate change. Western culture needs more of these rituals https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/10/ecological-grief #Ecology #Grief #ClimateChange

"In Iceland, people commemorated its first glacier formally declared lost to climate change. Western culture needs more of these rituals I remember interviewing a North Atlantic right whale expert years ago. He was a practical, science-minded man. But as we discussed a female whale that had lost her calf, he became visibly emotional. She had lost the previous one, too, struck by a ship. He seemed almost embarrassed by the depth of his feeling. I wasn’t surprised. I found his grief honorable. There are fewer than 400 North Atlantic right whales left. Every birth is a celebration; every death is mathematically and emotionally devastating." .,,.,..,,. Perhaps what we need is not only more data about ecological decline, but more permission to acknowledge what that decline feels like and means to us. We need to name it for ourselves, acknowledge its personal and local impact, and invest in storytelling that reminds us of the ecological richness we once had access to and did not protect. We need to make more noise about these losses, document them, and mourn them together. Grief, properly understood and articulated, is nothing to be ashamed of, but our growing and quiet indifference to loss almost certainly is. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/10/ecological-grief #climate #animals #iceland #grief

That this is right, or: What’s left A Tanka what’s left of a home is not always less than love sometimes it's a hand finding the nearest shoulder and knowing that this is rightTanka Tuesday: Photo & Tanka For Tanka Tuesday, we are encouraged to look through old photos and choose one connected to a meaningful memory. The memory can be happy, sad, frightening, funny, thoughtful, or anything else. After choosing the photo, we should identify the season connected to it and use words that suggest that season, though they do not need to be formal kigo words. The prompt invites us to write one, two, or three tanka inspired by what the photo says to us or how it makes us feel. Tanka? Tanka are five-part poems, often written as five lines in translation, with a traditional 5-7-5-7-7 sound-unit pattern. The first three units, 5-7-5, are called the kami-no-ku, or “upper phrase.” The final two units, 7-7, are called the shimo-no-ku, or “lower phrase.” Let’s write poetry together! When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences. –Ben Harper (b. 1969) Would you like to create poetry with me and have a completed poem of yours featured here at the Skeptic’s Kaddish? I am very excited to have launched the ‘Poetry Partners’ initiative and am looking forward to meeting and creating with you… Check it out! #Death #Family #Grief #Home #Loss #Love #Photography #Poem #Poetry #Support #Tanka