Tag: #dealingwithloss

• Book Review: Sorrowful Soul by Harmony Kent

  

  I pre-ordered Harmony Kent’s book in November 2022. The image of a Calla Lilly, in the lightest shade of olive green on the cover against a greyish-white background, attracted me to it. But with life getting in the way, I forgot all about the book after it was released. It was Sally Cronin’s post that…

  Smitha V

  May 18, 2023

  Book Review, Poetry

  #bookreview, #dealingwithloss, #death, #harmonykent, #healing, #journeytohealing, #life, #loss, #poetry

• Travel: A pilgrim’s trip to Trimbak

  

  The best trips are those that are done without much planning. With hubby having caught a bad bout of the flu, we couldn’t go anywhere on the weekend. But, before our upcoming holiday to my hometown and then his hometown, I needed to visit the Tryambakeshwar temple- the one I hadn’t been able to go…

  Smitha V

  June 15, 2022

  Experiences, Travel

  #beautifulindia, #dealingwithloss, #festivalsofindia, #gratitude, #healing, #indianculture, #life, #maharashtra, #movingforward, #mumbai, #nashik, #Pilgrimage, #shorttrip, #tryambakeshwar, #villagesinindia

• Published : It takes six months

  

  It’s six months after dad’s passing…a million emotions have gone through me through these trying times. I am grateful to my husband, my girls, and my sister for holding me and helping me through. My poem ‘ Six months’ is published by Rebelle Society. Thoughts, regrets, memories ebb, and flow but the journey continues. A…

  Smitha V

  July 4, 2021

  Poetry

  #dealingwithloss, #death, #father, #grief, #healing, #inspiration, #life, #lossofparents, #sixmonths, #Sorrow

• Published on Medium: Six things to do if you want to help someone who’s grieving- I lost three people in less than three months

  

  Yesterday I wrote my first official post on Medium. To read the post you can click on https://six-things-to-do-if-you-want-to-help-someone-whos-grieving-i-lost-three-people-in-less-than If it resonates with you or you like my writing, please root for me by clicking on the ‘clap’ icon in Medium. If you want to be notified of my future posts, click the ‘Follow’ button. I’m…

  Smitha V

  March 28, 2021

  Experiences

  #acknowledgement, #blogaweek, #blogging, #dealingwithloss, #dealingwithpain, #death, #grief, #healing, #life, #lifelessons, #loneliness, #people

• Journey to healing: ‘Being Mortal’ by Dr. Atul Gawande

  

  I had no idea how reading ‘Being Mortal- Medicine and what matters in the end’ would help me. The book was suggested to me by blogger, author GS. Subbu, after dad passed away. A line from the book mentioned in GS. Subbu’s review made me want to pick it up – “It is not death…

  Smitha V

  January 4, 2021

  Book Review, Experiences

  #ageing, #atulgawande, #beingmortal, #caregivers, #dealingwithloss, #death, #doctors, #healing, #life, #medicine, #parents, #terminallyill, #truth