Those who have the strength and the love to sit with a dying patient in the silence that goes beyond words will know that this moment is neither frig… - Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

We need time to move through the pain of loss. We need to step into it, really to get to know it, in order to learn

Dios mío, dame la serenidad para aceptar las cosas que no puedo cambiar, el valor para cambiar las que puedo cambiar, y la sabiduría para discernir entre ambas.

"Sometimes we consciously or unwittingly adopt new roles as circumstances change and are hurt by the result. For instance, a couple may say, "It was so wonderful before we got married. Once we were married, something went wrong?" When the couple was together before, they were just being. The moment they got married they took on the roles that had been taught to them, trying to "be a husband" and "be a wife.