I am so touched by the first review that I received from my first participant in the #petloss support program, in which I use the #grief recovery method as taught by the #griefrecovery institute.

The grief recovery method is the only evidence based method that helps people process their grief and recover from unresolved grief that causes pain in one's life until it's resolved.

The universe brought in my path the 2nd person with whom I will work the program, when she will receive the handbook!

#grateful #griefwork #mourning #honouring_our_pets

Quote of the day, 26 March: Saint Zélie Martin

As for me, I’m not so strong. For two weeks straight, I’ve had a fever. Thursday night I was so sick that I thought I was finished. I thought I had the same illness as my little Hélène.

As for me, I’m not confined to my bed, but I’m not doing well at all. I often have a fever, or, more accurately, I have a fever every day. I’m not suffering very much, but I have a constant headache and a general weakness. I have no more energy. I have no stamina for work, and I don’t have the heart for it.

Sometimes I imagine that I’ll go away as gently as my little Hélène. I assure you that I barely care for my own life. Ever since I lost this child, I feel a burning desire to see her again. However, those that remain need me, and, because of them, I ask God to leave me on this earth a few more years.

Saint Zélie Martin

Letter CF 53 to her brother, Isidore Guérin (excerpt)
6 March 1870

Letter CF 54 to her sister-in-law, Céline Fournet Guérin (excerpt)
27 March 1870

Martin, Z & Martin, L 2011, A Call to a Deeper Love: The Family Correspondence of the Parents of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus, 1863-1885, trans. Hess, AC, ed. Renda, F, Society of St. Paul, New York.

Featured image: This collage features the banner that was unfurled from St. Peter’s Basilica for the canonization of Saints Louis and Zélie Martin. Image credit: Carmelite Quotes