A Long Hiatus; Coping with Grief
It's been a long time. I took a break from gridding, for a time I even took a break from Reiki. Hell, at times it felt like I was taking a break from life. My last blog entry was the Celtic cross grid , in December of 2019, honoring my sister's life and soul departure. Lee died a few days before Thanksgiving 2019, the day before my niece's birthday, and of course Christmas followed not long after. Even though she had been sick and suffering for so long, it was still terribly hard on all of us. Three months after Lee's death, my oldest nephew Mike suddenly passed away without warning. His wife discovered the tragedy when their alarm clock went off in the morning. The wounds in our hearts were torn open with fresh grief - and shock over the cruelty of it. He was only 57 and had the world by the tail - good job, good paycheck, he and his wife planning an early retirement with lots of travel. He took vacations, he worked hard, but he was...