Processing LONG DISTANCE GRIEF DURING COVID
Processing LONG DISTANCE GRIEF DURING COVID: How we’re processing grief in the long-distance relationship world and time of Covid especially if you had a long-distance relationship (If you were always on the phone, what apps or computer with them) has changed, you may not have a choice to go bury them in the city, state or country they live in to get closure.
Please remember everyone grieves differently, so be gentle with yourself and know that everything you do from the minute you hear of the death is part of grieving… every little thing.
Process your thoughts don’t bottle them up, cry when it comes up instead of bottling it up because these big bouts of crying will not last forever.
Just saying; you will forget things, you will want to be alone, you will feel so many things were left unsaid by the dead, you’ll wish you had read more between the lines the days, months, and years before they died. You’ll wish you’d taken more pictures or written more things down.
Things you can do to process your grief:
- Replace a special location or activity you had in common with them with something new – I, personally moved my home office table I normally talked to my dad from around, did you go to the mall or park when you talked to them with them… make peace with them by going to that location to say a prayer for them or just taking a moment to remember them.
2. Write a letter to them, share your love for them, apprehension, gratefulness, sadness, regret, and or your hope for the future with them. Let them know what you’ll miss most now that they’re not around or let them know how you plan on remembering going forward.
3. Find people who won’t dismiss your story and the memories that you loved about your late loved ones and share those stories with them.
4. Seek therapy, go for counseling, or call your clergy.
5. Have a gift from them that doesn’t make you cry, then wear that gift they gave you every day in the loving fondness of them.
If you lost a loved one in 2020 and you’re reading this I’m sending you love and light for the path ahead.
Gloria
gloria
Encouragement from an optimistic single mom. Life changed for me in 2008, and since then it has been an adventure. I have learnt to love the road I am on, and smell the roses while driving on it too. I believe that standards of living can change without a moment’s notice, affecting our old way of life. That Passion can die, and be reignited again. I found my passion and It's writing and the story behind it. I'm super passionate about hospitality, leadership and finance. I am a single mom of boys who wants to change the world through a smile and genuine service. I own up to the fact that I make an awesome follower. I encourage and I inspire. I write, I blog, sometimes - I lead well, and sometimes I follow badly. But the important thing is to get started. I recently met Simon Sinek, the Start with Why Guy and and so continue to inspire the world. Email me for a free 20 minute chat or to help you on your way to your Why. Teafor2andacrowd@gmail.com from my heart, xoxoxo GM
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