Margaret Brownley

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Stop and Go

The shock and disbelief that comes with grief serves a useful purpose. It's God's way of stopping us in our tracks. It's our body's way of saying hold on, don't move. Something important is happening here. nn Sometimes, when something's too painful to face, we override the body's system and go into overdrive. We "lose" ourselves in work. When we don't want to remember, we speed up. When we don't want to hurt, we rush around in a frenzy.nn We have to keep busy, we tell ourselv

April 1, 2004