chefmoseley
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Tomorrow will be a hard day for me. It will be the first Father's Day without my Pop-pop. He raised my mom and uncle and then raised myself and brother and sister as well. He was an awesome man. I am thankful to have a wonderful husband who is a father to three wonderful children. Please pray that I would celebrate him and not dwell on what I am missing to the extent that it brings the rest of the family down.
The reason for my post is I came across a neat idea and thought I would share it for anyone else that may go through losing someone dear to them. Please see the link below.
Simple memories can help through first Father's Day without Dad - AnnArbor.com
Here is the excerpt:
The grief counselor gave each person in our group a “memory bag,” a silky pouch tied with ribbon that fit in the palms of our hands. Inside were three small stones: one smooth, one rough and one gemstone. We were encouraged to hold each stone and remember our parent who had died.
As we held the smooth stone, we remembered something sweet about our relationship with our parent, something that made us feel good.
As we held the rough stone, we were encouraged not to forget there are rough spots in any parent-child relationship.
The gemstone helped us remember something we really valued about our parent.
I found his little bag of stones a useful tool for learning how to remember Dad with less sadness. I encourage any other grieving daughters or sons to gather three stones and try this for yourselves.
The reason for my post is I came across a neat idea and thought I would share it for anyone else that may go through losing someone dear to them. Please see the link below.
Simple memories can help through first Father's Day without Dad - AnnArbor.com
Here is the excerpt:
The grief counselor gave each person in our group a “memory bag,” a silky pouch tied with ribbon that fit in the palms of our hands. Inside were three small stones: one smooth, one rough and one gemstone. We were encouraged to hold each stone and remember our parent who had died.
As we held the smooth stone, we remembered something sweet about our relationship with our parent, something that made us feel good.
As we held the rough stone, we were encouraged not to forget there are rough spots in any parent-child relationship.
The gemstone helped us remember something we really valued about our parent.
I found his little bag of stones a useful tool for learning how to remember Dad with less sadness. I encourage any other grieving daughters or sons to gather three stones and try this for yourselves.
