Comments on: I Forget the Raw Pain of Grief http://difficultseasons.com/2008/12/23/i-forget-the-raw-pain-of-grief/ Hope for dealing with difficult seasons of life. Thu, 10 Nov 2011 05:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jane Galbraith http://difficultseasons.com/2008/12/23/i-forget-the-raw-pain-of-grief/comment-page-1/#comment-86 Jane Galbraith Sat, 27 Dec 2008 20:43:19 +0000 http://difficultseasons.com/?p=254#comment-86 I totally agree with you and commend you for talking about it - not what we do well in society. That irritation prompted me to write a book about it and do presentations to "get the word out". Info on the book can be found at www.trafford.com/05-2319 -Baby Boomers Face Grief. thanks for bringing the subject out in the open I totally agree with you and commend you for talking about it – not what we do well in society. That irritation prompted me to write a book about it and do presentations to “get the word out”. Info on the book can be found at http://www.trafford.com/05-2319 -Baby Boomers Face Grief. thanks for bringing the subject out in the open

]]> By: Jim Hughes http://difficultseasons.com/2008/12/23/i-forget-the-raw-pain-of-grief/comment-page-1/#comment-82 Jim Hughes Wed, 24 Dec 2008 01:31:07 +0000 http://difficultseasons.com/?p=254#comment-82 I appreciate your comment, John. Often my posts are just a way for me to process what I'm encountering in my own life, and this was one of those where I was trying to make some sense of what I was feeling after our service Sunday. I think all of us do try to protect our friends from seeing our deepest pain. And maybe at the same time we are trying to protect ourselves from going there. Interestingly, and I know you probably understand this better than I, we can only go as deep with someone else into their pain as we can (or have) gone into our own pain. That's because as we go with another into their pain, our's is brought to the surface. That's one of the reasons people change the subject or say something strange when they see our pain -- they just can't go there because of what's happening within them. But maybe that's a post for another time. Blessings to you guys this week! I appreciate your comment, John. Often my posts are just a way for me to process what I’m encountering in my own life, and this was one of those where I was trying to make some sense of what I was feeling after our service Sunday. I think all of us do try to protect our friends from seeing our deepest pain. And maybe at the same time we are trying to protect ourselves from going there. Interestingly, and I know you probably understand this better than I, we can only go as deep with someone else into their pain as we can (or have) gone into our own pain. That’s because as we go with another into their pain, our’s is brought to the surface. That’s one of the reasons people change the subject or say something strange when they see our pain — they just can’t go there because of what’s happening within them. But maybe that’s a post for another time. Blessings to you guys this week!

]]> By: J Dobbs http://difficultseasons.com/2008/12/23/i-forget-the-raw-pain-of-grief/comment-page-1/#comment-81 J Dobbs Tue, 23 Dec 2008 23:52:46 +0000 http://difficultseasons.com/?p=254#comment-81 Thanks for this. I have been resisting writing of our pain on my blog for the sake of friends, who are then left with nothing to say. It is a strnge thing to understand the burden placed on others by your own pain. Yet at times, that's all you can do. <abbr><em>J Dobbs’s last blog post..<a href="http://johndobbs.com/?p=1003" rel="nofollow">A Christmas Blessing</a></abbr></em> Thanks for this. I have been resisting writing of our pain on my blog for the sake of friends, who are then left with nothing to say. It is a strnge thing to understand the burden placed on others by your own pain. Yet at times, that’s all you can do.

J Dobbs’s last blog post..A Christmas Blessing

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