Grief & Gratitude

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Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
Cutting for Stone

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Robin Gaphni: Bainbridge Island, WA, United States; Why a blog about grief and gratitude? Can these two seemingly disparate emotions be linked? I think they can. When we lost our 21-year-old son Matthew to a form of virulent strep in October of 2010 my life was profoundly changed. I am not the same person I was and this loss is an integral part of who I am now. Seventeen months later, I feel like my soul is beginning to breathe again and I see the world through softer eyes. And that’s what this blog is about. It’s about the transformational power of grief, and the resulting consequence of gratitude for all of the little things that constitute my life today. By acknowledging and appreciating life’s impermanence, I am left with deep gratitude for what is right now. So I dedicate this blog to Matthew with love and appreciation for the 21 years we had him in our lives. His memory is a blessing to all of us.

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The miracle of gratitude is that it shifts your perception to such an extent that it changes the world you see.

Dr. Robert Holdenrarely hear

Books on my bedside table

God's Hotel by Victoria Sweet
The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin

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Mink River by Brian Doyle
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

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