Comments on: Writing Through Grief http://booksbywomen.org/writing-through-grief-by-carol-drinkwater/ Tue, 06 Sep 2016 14:51:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 By: Carol Fragale Brill http://booksbywomen.org/writing-through-grief-by-carol-drinkwater/#comment-47898 Tue, 06 Sep 2016 14:51:47 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=15156#comment-47898 The loss of a parent is so hard. I was stunned by the depth of my grief when my mom died in 3008. My dad died when I was 12 and somehow I’d convinced myself my mom’s death would be easier because I’d be an adult. So not true. Like you, writing helped me work through the grief.
Sending thoughts

]]> By: Ella Joy Olsen http://booksbywomen.org/writing-through-grief-by-carol-drinkwater/#comment-47897 Tue, 06 Sep 2016 14:44:43 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=15156#comment-47897 This is a beautiful tribute to your mother and to grief. Thank you for sharing and pinning so many details to perfection. I am purchasing your latest based on this achingly gorgeous post. Best wishes to you during this tumultuous time.

]]> By: carol drinkwater http://booksbywomen.org/writing-through-grief-by-carol-drinkwater/#comment-47647 Wed, 01 Jun 2016 06:29:23 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=15156#comment-47647 Thank you for these comments. Yes, it is clear to me that the impact of a lost parents is incalculable. And grief is a chameleon who comes to stalk in all shapes and sizes.

]]> By: Linda Strader http://booksbywomen.org/writing-through-grief-by-carol-drinkwater/#comment-47646 Tue, 31 May 2016 13:01:49 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=15156#comment-47646 I’m so sorry for your loss. My mom died on February 9th, 2009, and I was devastated. I thought I would never live through it. In 2010, I started writing my memoir about my Forest Service firefighting experiences. Little by little, memories of my mom worked their way into the book. I had a few critique readers tell me to take out those references. I decided “no way”. She was my best friend, and one of the few in my family that supported my decision to work in a “man’s” job. Writing helped, counseling helped, time helped…but the fact is, I still miss her every single day.

]]> By: Sally Wolfe http://booksbywomen.org/writing-through-grief-by-carol-drinkwater/#comment-47282 Fri, 11 Mar 2016 23:55:23 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=15156#comment-47282 In reply to Angelika Schwarz.

I am touched. Thank you for the depth of your sharing and the simplicity of your words. I am presently shaping a book about my mother (still living at 86), following the gullies, the hidden paths to where that first connection disappointed and how its absence determined the entire course of my life. Listening today to past interviews of Terry Gross with Pat Conroy, I am struck by the incredible impact our parents have on us, something I am just now beginning to appreciate, value, and heal.
Thank you again, Carol.
-Sally

]]> By: Angelika Schwarz http://booksbywomen.org/writing-through-grief-by-carol-drinkwater/#comment-47229 Fri, 26 Feb 2016 16:23:30 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=15156#comment-47229 Beautifully heart felt written. My mother is in my thoughts and heart … she has never really left me… and when I look in the mirror, I see her.

]]> By: Writing Through Grief | WordHarbour http://booksbywomen.org/writing-through-grief-by-carol-drinkwater/#comment-47227 Fri, 26 Feb 2016 11:27:41 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=15156#comment-47227 […] Carol Drinkwater Two weeks ago, my wonderful mother died. Suddenly, unexpectedly, she passed away in my arms. One […]

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