by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 4, 2024 | Uncategorized
9/4/22 From 2 years ago… It was 4 weeks after Bill’s death. I don’t remember a lot about those first few weeks except that my emotions were such a mish-mash mix. I’ve learned first hand a lot about how they come and go in the grieving process....
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 1, 2024 | Friendship, Grace, grief, witness, work, writing
Hi, Friends. I want to share something with you I discovered recently in my own grief journey…. But first, I’m going to share a poem I read today. (See photo.) Two weeks ago on one day I had two people who brought my grief full face before me. One was an...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 13, 2024 | grief
This past week in one day I had two people inquire of me…… one about how Bill is doing, not knowing Bill had died. The other asking how I’m doing with my grief. Both came somewhat unexpectedly, but I was okay talking about it, then setting it aside...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 31, 2023 | grief, memories
In October of 2013, three months after my Daddy’s death, I took a weekend retreat at a campground in a National Forest in Alabama. It was a small guest house close to the campground director’s home. I got there exhaursted, but with a big writing project...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 6, 2023 | grief
Last Monday I had to go over to the lake house at Deerpoint where Bill and I lived for 16 years. Though I thought I ‘d live there for the rest of my life, after Bill’s death during Covid, it soon became more than I could care for alone. When I went last...