What if that pain in your heart was a gift?
As we walk through this path we call life, we encounter many people, places and things. Some warm our heart and some do not. It's the "do...
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Deanna Byrne
- Feb 7, 2022
- 4 min
No Regrets - Never Wait Until Tomorrow
My late husband was an avid hiker. He always said that nature was his church. I remember he would come home looking so relaxed and...
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Deanna Byrne
- Feb 4, 2022
- 2 min
Grief
So many people right now are suffering unknown emotions and are not connecting them to grief. Many believe grief is only connected to...
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Deanna Byrne
- Jan 31, 2022
- 1 min
Why Have We NORMALIZED Dying Alone?
I decided to open up and share my story of our journey through the health care system and we are now today. It was very difficult and...
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Deanna Byrne
- Jan 25, 2022
- 4 min
A Letter to MY New Self
Two years of growing from crawling out of the pits of hell. It was dark, it was hard, and it was dirty. When I lost my husband in January...
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Deanna Byrne
- Jan 30, 2021
- 1 min
The Wooden Box
Two weeks ago you sat in the front seat of our car for the last time. Today you sat there again with the sun shining into the car and...
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Deanna Byrne
- Dec 25, 2020
- 2 min
It's Christmas Day
Leading up to today my heart was heavy. I was having severe waves of sadness but would just breathe in and breathe out to work through...
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Deanna Byrne
- Nov 20, 2020
- 3 min
Through a Daughters Eyes
TW: Illness, Kidney Disease. By Sarah Woodworth Apparently there were two jokes in a recent episode of Saved by the Bell that "joked"...
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Deanna Byrne
- Nov 2, 2020
- 2 min
It's Your Birthday
I knew today would be hard because I felt it coming for days. It just feels like a deep anger deep within the pit of my soul. You hated...
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Deanna Byrne
- Oct 25, 2020
- 2 min
My Compass
Fall was your favorite time of year. you loved the harvest, the colors and especially Thanksgiving dinner. I look around and see all of...
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Deanna Byrne
- Sep 24, 2020
- 3 min
Complicated Grief
When you took your last breath I knew it would be hard but what I did not realize is how incredibly hard it is. Hard to rediscover joy,...
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Deanna Byrne
- Sep 15, 2020
- 4 min
Nine Months Tomorrow
I have not written for sometime, because I was in a very crazy and dark space. I thought I had things under control but I did not. I...
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Deanna Byrne
- Jun 8, 2020
- 2 min
The Phoenix Rising
The journey of grief is different for everyone. Some will hit rock bottom only to rise up from the ashes. The most difficult part of...
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Deanna Byrne
- Jun 6, 2020
- 1 min
Six Years Ago
Six years ago I was folding up my wedding dress to pack into my suitcase. Six years ago I thought we had time. Six years ago the world...
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Deanna Byrne
- Mar 7, 2020
- 1 min
It's Been Rough
Sorry I have not written for a while. I have been going through a lot of anger issues and resentment over Terry's death. It is a deep...
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Deanna Byrne
- Feb 28, 2020
- 3 min
The Stitches and Fiber of Memories
I was doing pretty good last week. I decided to finally attack the pile of paperwork that needs to be done. Just opening the envelopes...
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Deanna Byrne
- Feb 20, 2020
- 2 min
The Food & Brain Connection
As you struggle through the road of grief you second guess your mind and your thinking. It is winter so you have "the winter blues", its...
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Deanna Byrne
- Feb 15, 2020
- 4 min
I Almost Got Through Today
Today I took the flowers from your funeral service and gently took all of the pedals off of the roses. I chose white and red ones for...
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Deanna Byrne
- Feb 12, 2020
- 3 min
The Myth
There is a myth that when a person suffers from a health condition or has been sick, that you grief differently. It is fucking bullshit!...
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Deanna Byrne
- Feb 12, 2020
- 2 min
The Snow
Today was a better day. Although the sheer exhaustion from yesterday took its toll on me. I worked through the day and tried to focus on...
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