Page 4 - PGA Community News - April '22

Page 4, PGA C.A.N.! April 2022 April 2022

Let Me Tell You

GRIEF: by misguided dictators, thousands fleeing their goliath in was not supposed to be happening. Desperate people in
And How We Approach It a needless, evil war. Is it true that what does not kill us freezing weather, little children swaddled in heavy attire
makes us stronger? It can also make us weaker. Physical
clinging to a mother’s hand. Even if they survive what
and emotional health is at risk if we are not careful. will their futures be like and what will happen to them
By Marie Pinschmidt I am now 93 years of age. When I take inventory of the psychologically?
One would have losses during my lifetime, I am grateful to still be here. So how do we deal with grief? I can only speak of
to be catatonic not to My periods of grief began with the loss of my father when my own experience. Grief is a solitary emotion that we
react emotionally to the I was 10. Except for the most recent, I will not enumerate must suffer individually. The one word that describes
happenings in today’s all of them. my personal journey is acceptance, and that, too, is
world. If you are shedding The death of my nephew in August hit me with a force a voluntary decision. Once we accept that there is no
an unexpected tear these like seeing bombs falling on the innocent. It took me back escape, we can go on with our lives. Our lives will never
days, you are not alone. to other wars when two of my brothers went off to war. I be the same, but we can be thankful for our memories,
A medical pandemic and had believed that type of carnage had ended in our “more time together and hope for a better tomorrow. And we
now a military pandemic civilized” world. When the call came about Dean, I felt will grow stronger. Help us all to accept that which we
of loss and fear, and no bombed out of my complacency, my so-called nice, safe, cannot change and the wisdom to know the difference.
experimental vaccine to worry-free life. You may be experiencing the same or So, we smile through our tears until the tears are gone.
improve our condition. similar scenario. How do we bear up under the heartbreak? With acceptance and hope, we will grow stronger to face
Grief is a goliath none of us want to encounter. One recent news clip showed a small child in the arms the uncertain future.
Unlike David, we have no slingshot to slay our personal of his father going off to fight for his country. While tears In the meantime – love and best wishes.
goliath – grief. Grief now comes from different directions streamed down his beautiful face, a child was pounding Marie
and making our goliath grow taller and stronger. The with his fist on the face, shoulders, and head of the father. (561) 624-9003
loss of a dear longtime friend or loved one is difficult I felt the same way when Dean died. I wanted to fight back MariePin001@comcast.net
enough but combined with constant visuals of innocent at the unfairness of it all. I felt a similar shock recently
people driven from their homes and country is almost when I saw the explosions of yet another war. Our anger
unendurable. Hospitals and orphanages bombed into ashes and emotions need expression in one way or another. This

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