addison
Lady in Waiting
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Post by addison on Aug 16, 2019 19:25:44 GMT -4
These excerpts from Anderson Cooper's interview with Stephen Colbert discussing grief are so powerful. You don't see people discussing grief very often, it's always hard to talk about and I feel for Anderson with his mother's death still being so recent but it's a needed discussion. I just love Colbert. He is the most human.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2019 20:07:47 GMT -4
addison Thank you for posting this It was 19 yrs yesterday since my mother passed away and I while I’m alright about that as much as as you can be this was a good chat to listen to right now so to speak. I liked (on his mother’s passing )if that’s the right word his(misquote him here) ...” the door is quietly shut ..I can’t be opened again” It rings true for me.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2019 20:50:41 GMT -4
Yes, I know that grief. You are not alone. Hugs, fitz.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2019 22:48:52 GMT -4
Thank you so much for posting this. My father passed away somewhat suddenly a few weeks ago, so I’m still in the early stages of dealing with my grief. It does help me a lot to hear from people who have made it through the worst of it already and survived.
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Post by mrspickles on Aug 16, 2019 23:02:05 GMT -4
Thank you so much for posting this. My father passed away somewhat suddenly a few weeks ago, so I’m still in the early stages of dealing with my grief. It does help me a lot to hear from people who have made it through the worst of it already and survived. I'm sorry for your loss.
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Post by Martini Girl on Aug 16, 2019 23:55:09 GMT -4
Thank you so much for posting this. My father passed away somewhat suddenly a few weeks ago, so I’m still in the early stages of dealing with my grief. It does help me a lot to hear from people who have made it through the worst of it already and survived. I'm sorry for your loss. And know that grief is different for everyone. Some days are manageable, and others are hard-- even after a significant amount of time has passed. I was deeply moved by Stephen and Anderson's conversation. I wished more people spoke openly about grief.
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Post by kostgard on Aug 17, 2019 0:02:58 GMT -4
Stephen Colbert is good people.
I just passed the one year anniversary of my mom’s passing, so this hit me too. And I agree that it is so important to talk about. It’s one of those things that everyone experiences at some point or another, but still just gets shoved under the rug.
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Post by Ginger on Aug 17, 2019 0:06:44 GMT -4
Thank you so much for posting this. My father passed away somewhat suddenly a few weeks ago, so I’m still in the early stages of dealing with my grief. It does help me a lot to hear from people who have made it through the worst of it already and survived. I'm very sorry about your dad. I know from experience the Greecie Board can be a very nice place to hang out when you are going through something like that, and I'm glad you are here.
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Post by Babycakes on Aug 17, 2019 0:16:54 GMT -4
{{{Hugs}}} @roisin54. I'm so sorry. It's coming up on the 5th anniversary of my aunt's passing from cancer in a few days. And the 6th anniversary of my grandmother's death from Alzheimer's. I lost them within 6 months of each other. Some days it's so crushing I can barely move or speak. Some days I can go nearly a whole day only thinking of them briefly. I find myself struggling to hold on to the little things. How they laughed. How they walked. But I make an effort to always keep in the front of mind the essence of what made them, them. Their "catch phrases" so to speak. My grandmother was a straight shooter, and always made me laugh when she was telling someone to get their shit together. I remember their favorite foods. My aunt an amazing cook and loved to eat. She was a yo-yo dieter, and struggled to eat clean. When she got called out on her cheating ways, she would always say, "My diet starts Monday." She would call me out of nowhere and get me to tag along on a Krispy Kreme run. She hated birds (like she nearly drove off the road and killed us when a seagull flew past the windshield) but LOVED chicken. She ate some form of bird nearly every day. Baked. Fried. Grilled. Stewed. She was the Bubba Gump of chicken. I remember their favorite movies and tv shows. My grandmother LOVED Dirty Dancing, Pretty Woman, Matlock, and soap operas. I can still picture her sitting in her chair in front of the tv, folding laundry and fuming over something Victor Newman did. lol I remember their guilty pleasures--My aunt loved tabloids like the Enquirer. If she saw Whitney Houston, Oprah, or Jennifer Hudson on one, she'd abandon her shopping cart and read it immediately. I try to focus on those things, and remember the happy memories so that the hurt doesn't cripple me. I try not to think about the end when things got bad. Most of the time I'm successful. Most of the time. Can't control my dreams though. I dream about them constantly. In my dreams, they're always alive. I can't say that I'm religious, but they both were. I believe they're in a better place, and I'm glad their pain has ended. I hope to one day see things the way Stephen does, but I'm not there yet.
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Post by chonies on Aug 17, 2019 7:55:54 GMT -4
I haven’t been able to watch the clip yet—lots of love and good vibes to everyone who has had a recent loss and everyone missing someone, acutely or more chronically.
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