Proud's Poem 'Right Time Thoughts'

My mother and father, They have gave me the ultimate love To their best ability. I have learned to love others And to love myself. They have taught me not to judge, but to care about your own actions.

Life involves many losses. There are small losses: losing a football game, failing a test, or forgetting an assignment. At some point, though, all of us will experience a major loss: the death of a close family member, a major illness, or a divorce in the family. Loss is inevitable for all of us. If you have ever experienced grief and loss, or if you are currently experiencing it, then you might be trying to recover the wrong way. You might believe that you have gotten over it, but it could come back even years later. When it comes to grief and loss, there are a lot of components that people do not understand, but today there are many methods to coop that will lead you down the path of healing.

Yes the body can handle many of things but grief is a hard one to do. Suffering from what happen is not the answer to any situation like this. What you should do it get up and not feel so bad about what happen. Yes, all this may affect other people’s lives but you need to think about yourself and what you could do for yourself and get over this. Take time to cool down and relax it is not the end of the

When someone goes through a time of grief, it is only natural to find a way to deal with the hardships and until it eventually goes away, but people may come to realize that the loss can never be forgotten. This process of grieving and fighting through hard times to finally come to peace and accept reality is also reflected in literature such as “Hold Tight”. The short story ¨Hold Tight¨ by Amy Bloom shows that when people deal with grief, people may try to find ways to cope with the pain by letting out their anger on others or becoming self-destructive, even though it may not be possible to completely forget the woe.

other people that I am not comfortable with or to people that I am not emotionally close.” With

It is expected after a disastrous event that a person will go through these tough moments and thus should be understood and they should be given time to heal back into their normal lives. However, there are cases where these symptoms go on for more than the expected

The school year approached its end. Another summer to spend alone by myself. The cycle had been repeating since I was in grade school. Sadness choked me as I returned home and shut my door. Every year, the resolution was the same: I would try to make friends next year; however, every year, I felt myself falling back down into the same trap. By the time high school began, I no longer felt the numb sensation of sadness or the flow of tears as the final day of May became the last day I talked with my “friends.” I no longer expected to make any friends, or, more accurately, I no longer expected to be able to make any friends. The sheer possibility of befriending an individual appeared to me as foreign as speaking in latin. When I walked into school, what should have been a site of chatter, opportunity, and growth appeared to me as a form of imprisonment and torture; however, unbeknownst to me, I did have friends; something of which I did not recognize until years passed by. I grown attached to certain conversations; there were times where I felt the need to initiate a conversation rather than waiting for someone else to make one. It was not until one of my friends told me,”We’re your friends aren’t we?” when I realized I was not longer

Sooner or later, each of us will experience that dagger in our heart called grief. Dealing with grief is a challenge like no other. How can you pick up the pieces, heal the wounds, and move on without feeling like you 're betraying the memory of your loved one? As a nurse, I have sat with families who have just received that dreaded news that no one ever wants to hear, families who aren’t prepared for the avalanche of emotions that sweep over them when the final moment comes, even if they knew death was imminent. Despite the gamut of emotions we feel, grieving for a loved one helps us cope and heal. The intense, heart-breaking anguish indicates that a deep connection has been severed. Without a doubt, grieving is painful. But it is also

moms, my boys and just almost anybody I come across. If I don't get my shit for

peers, from different walks of life. A lot of the times, I felt as if it was my “duty” to ensure

Again, I asked myself if I could do without some of these and I think I can but the problem I ran into is which ones that I would like to take off. I can say right now the ones that I can't get rid of the daughter, sister, auntie, wife and mother, friend, confidant, business owner, and college graduate.

peace, sweetie. If you don’t survive, I am so f**king sorry.” When something such as this happens our

Have you ever had someone in your life who helped you figure out who you were? Someone who showed you the right path. Someone who was there right next you even if you did not take that path. Someone who always seemed to be right, but never held it against you when you were not. Someone whom without your life would most likely be entirely different. I have. Her name was Jessica.

The minute the individual found out about their friend’s death, they started to crash and burn, tearing themselves apart, blaming themselves, saying that it’s their fault that they couldn’t save you since they didn’t know. Their mental and physical state started to deplete and they’ve become accustomed to the numbness that has spread throughout their body. They start to eat unhealthily and just stop working out all together. Minor health problems start to invade their system, they get sick more easily than before and just wait until it surpases. It gets to the point where they’ve been dealing with so much numbing pain that they, themselves, start to contemplate the same thoughts their friend was thinking years back. They have the mindset that, they’ll be reunited with their best friend if they were to meet the same fate. Eventually, they will, but they’re thinking about meeting that fate sooner rather than later. But they don’t want to really do this, they want to get better, but the rut they’ve created is so coarse and rugged that it’ll be difficult to fix those problems.

Now I can say that I had never understood others suffering from a bad loss of a dear person.  I would hate to hear that anybody died. When this happened to me, when my dear mother died, I started to understand all those people who lost someone they loved. There are perhaps no proper words to describe this pain, This intolerable pain which tears you apart, which is like a stone on your heart, and which make tears run down your face with each moment spent with the dear person who passed away. Time is unlikely to pass so fast this hurt, no matter what others claim.