Well of Grief
Well of Grief When retired in an independent living retirement community, one lives in a concentration of persons at least 62+. Its a golfing community. We see plenty of golfers among our residents, but that is not all that we see. This year, we have seen more death among our older residents than RL saw over the previous year. Thus, we have memorial services for those who knew them. In this place, we see many who are like us in other ways. Most folks here are Christians and go to church either here or somewhere out in the community. In communities where we have lived, it has been often without the sharing stories, family history, and even personal antidotes. Here, at RL, we are forged into a family. We are active together and we grow older together, all of which leads me to the “well of grief.” I have been working on a series of lessons regarding suffering, and one of the most difficult of suffering to deal with is grief, for what ever re...