Comments on: Pain is Like Shifting Sand https://www.marshmallowranch.com/pain-like-shifting-sand/ She traded her tiara for wings and a pickup Thu, 03 May 2018 02:55:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Ginny McKinney https://www.marshmallowranch.com/pain-like-shifting-sand/#comment-5433 Thu, 03 May 2018 02:55:26 +0000 http://www.marshmallowranch.com/?p=4182#comment-5433 In reply to Kathleen Meadows.

My heart is with you, dear one. My brother has special needs and I can truly relate. Prayers for you and Kevin. ❤️

]]> By: Kathleen Meadows https://www.marshmallowranch.com/pain-like-shifting-sand/#comment-5432 Thu, 03 May 2018 02:21:31 +0000 http://www.marshmallowranch.com/?p=4182#comment-5432 When we had our second son, Kevin, I went through years of greif. Ken couldn’t handle it at all. My Doctor described it as grief of a perfectly healthy and mentally complete child. The morning after Kevin was born, it didn’t help any to have our pediatrician tell us Kevin would not be a rocket scientist ,but the world does need ditch diggers and bag boys. Never to expect anything from him. (We saw that Dr. Just one more time. I understand he now has a lawn care business.) Yes ,Kevin has down syndrome, he is the most loving person you could ever come across. For the most part, I didn’t know what I would do without Kevin. We are both helping each other with this journey without Ken . Kevin is having some behavior issues that has come up since Kens passing, but we will figure them out with the help of past teachers and a behavior therapist. A priest told us that Kevin is an angel on earth, he is a innocent spirit and already has his place in Heaven.

]]> By: Ginny McKinney https://www.marshmallowranch.com/pain-like-shifting-sand/#comment-5428 Wed, 02 May 2018 18:43:15 +0000 http://www.marshmallowranch.com/?p=4182#comment-5428 In reply to Bonnie Walker.

❤️

]]> By: Ginny McKinney https://www.marshmallowranch.com/pain-like-shifting-sand/#comment-5427 Wed, 02 May 2018 18:42:48 +0000 http://www.marshmallowranch.com/?p=4182#comment-5427 In reply to sue.

❤️

]]> By: Bonnie Walker https://www.marshmallowranch.com/pain-like-shifting-sand/#comment-5426 Wed, 02 May 2018 16:10:23 +0000 http://www.marshmallowranch.com/?p=4182#comment-5426 My changes started coming when I shifted my grief to “Joy Cometh In The Morning”. Studying this, I began to realize deeply, not casually, that Joy in Heaven is so much more than I can even imagine. The great I AM lifted my spirit to Heaven and began to teach me hubby is in a great completion now. I am not. My grief is temporal. He has no grief at all. I began to see him in a happiness that is yet to come to me. So, I walk in hope, for my future there. Do moments still come, of course.

]]> By: sue https://www.marshmallowranch.com/pain-like-shifting-sand/#comment-5425 Wed, 02 May 2018 15:48:07 +0000 http://www.marshmallowranch.com/?p=4182#comment-5425 Yes. We instinctively want to alleviate pain and unhappiness by sharing even the simplest of quiet joys. We’re sharing what we have at hand, out of compassion, but really, are shooting in the dark. It’s such an emotional time near the end of life. No one can predict how they or how another will act, or react, at any given time. Emotional chaos can reign.

Maybe we can do our best by making and keeping a simple promise to stand by and do for grieving loved ones for however, and for as long as they need us. A pledge of love and care.

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