Week 6 Of The Grief Support Group
[ Wednesday April 26th 2023 at 8:18 pm ]
It amazing to think that I am already at week #6 of the grief support group and that next Wednesday will be the final session. I am able to see the positive difference this has made in helping me move forward with my life and saying good bye to my aunt.
The final two weeks of the group are forward looking. It is to help someone who is grieving resume living with their life. This is instead of becoming stuck. I am not really struggling with this particular problem. This wasn't way I joined the group initially. I asked for help on account of the severe pain in my legs and that I find it much easier working out emotional related issues by talking. None the less the time this evening was well spent. I certainly don't mind objective input on tweaking how I organize myself, structure my days and manage my "to do" list.
Around one hour of tonight's group was spent on setting viable goals and the skill of breaking goals down into their component parts so they are more easily achieved. Then we were asked to set one of our own goals for practice. In 2022 a family in India gave me a gift card for a cafe in the city where I live so I could have a picnic. I really enjoyed doing this. In fact I enjoyed this so much that I had a second picnic in November. I am going to aim to do a picnic once a month. There are so many beautiful trails in the city where I live. I really enjoy this. When I am so focused on the beauty of God's creation I am not concerned with my knees. Also if something was bothering me before using the trails with my power wheelchair it isn't when I arrive back home.
I also had to make a presentation during the group this evening. The home work from week #5 was to create a memory board of my aunt. We were given roughly a 16" x 20" piece of rigid poster board that represented the person we joined the grief support group for help with. I've really enjoyed working on this. I spent about 6 hours on this. When I did this in the fall I found it very difficult and I help Rocky The Hamster for comfort while working on this. It wasn't pleasant this time around. It wasn't fun. But it wasn't really hard. It is obvious I've benefited from doing this a second time and that it has helped me.
I genuinely wish the other young adults didn't drop out of the group. The emotions of grief are powerful. It is hard to take when you don't have much life experience. I hope they are able to find something else that matches their need for support like I've been supported.