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Not as strong as I thought!

You know how sometimes with an injury it starts to feel better so we start to treat the injured area like it’s fine only to discover rather quickly that it’s nowhere near as fine as we thought? Well last week Marc and discovered that we’d overlooked a rather important detail after Bernadette died. In myContinue reading “Not as strong as I thought!”

Struggling for Clarity

There have been quite a few people who have asked me if writing has helped with the grieving process and without hesitation I’ve said yes. It doesn’t take the pain away by any means, but it helps bring some clarity to the turmoil and assures me I’m not going crazy. Like any endeavor though, it has had itsContinue reading “Struggling for Clarity”

God’s way is not our way!

I know I’ve written about this before, the idea that God won’t allow anything bad to happen where He won’t bring about a greater good; only before I wrote about it in the context of my struggle to imagine that a ‘greater good’ could ever come from losing Bernadette. I honestly do not believe thatContinue reading “God’s way is not our way!”

Two Answers to nagging questions…..

Marc has a favorite saying: When the student is ready the teacher appears. Over the years I’ve discovered that his saying can be experienced in different ways. Only when we start asking the questions do we recognize the answers or we suddenly recognize an explanation/answer because we’ve now lived the experience. Sometimes it can mean that onlyContinue reading “Two Answers to nagging questions…..”

Grief Diaries clarification

One of the things Marc says he loves the most about me (which is ironic because it’s one of the things I like least) is my enthusiasm. He loves my honesty too. A priest friend once told me I shared a quality with St. Peter – act first, think later. AKA: open mouth, insert foot all the way to theContinue reading “Grief Diaries clarification”

Grief Diaries

A few weeks ago, after Marc gave me a copy of ‘Just so you Know’ by John Pete, I tried to look Mr. Pete up online. In doing so, I came across a website called Open to Hope http://www.opentohope.com/ that has articles, videos, and a radio broadcast. From there I found a thirty minute interview withContinue reading “Grief Diaries”

Just So You Know

Marc was at the Hospice Society a few weeks back and they gave him a couple copies of this poem. Just So You Know by John Pete I can’t stop grieving just because you believe it is time for me to move on. I can’t stop hurting just because you do not understand theContinue reading “Just So You Know”

Welcome!

Welcome to my new home in The Dansereau Den. Thank you for coming. Please feel free to visit as often as you like, you are ALWAYS welcome! The entire site is evolving as Marc continues to work on it. Later today I’d like to share with you a new book I found: Grief Diaries:Continue reading “Welcome!”

A Road Sign

By Patti Dansereau — May 2, 2016 5:16pm Two weeks ago, after Mass, a friend of ours gave me a book to read. He was excited to share this book with me, so excited in fact that he told me he needed it back when I was done because he was anxious for his wife to readContinue reading “A Road Sign”

Silence from the heavens

By Patti Dansereau — Apr 14, 2016 11:46pm Today Catherine was bugging me that she’s old enough now to watch Zoe while I go out. So this evening I decided to walk down to the Village Grocer for some buns for fish burgers tomorrow and Catherine could watch Zoe while Marc was outside working on theContinue reading “Silence from the heavens”