Writing Out Grief

 

 

Writing Out Grief

 

I face the page.

It represents the way

I feel as is-empty.

Yet, I need to share

words, to talk about

you, about my day,

about the way your

loss has changed me.

I must say what I want

 to say in my own way.

I need to write out

the grief even though

that will not make

it go away.

 

 

Writing is a useful tool in the grieving process. Why?

• Grievers need to tell their stories and writing is one way to do that. 
• Everyone's grief is unique and so is everyone's voice. No one can tell your story like you can.
• You can be honest in a way you can't in talking to someone else.
• Write to remember (memories) and not to forget (what is happening at the moment).
• Write to think things through.

What could you write?

• A word or two-perhaps the same words repeated.
• Phrases or sentences-again, these may be repeated.
• Meditations or affirmations.
• Prayers
• Letters-to your lost loved one, to God, even to yourself.
• Journal Entries-Even these don't necessarily have to be long. Take a look at the book A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis. His journal entries varied in length.

How do you start writing?

• Start writing by writing-put words down on paper or screen.
• Write whatever comes to mind.
• Turn off your inner editor or critic. There is no right or wrong about your writing and no one will be grading it.
• Say what you need to say.

Have you ever written out your grief? Did you find it helpful?

 

 

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