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metaphor for grief

The Tree of Grief

July 27, 2017 by Stephanie Vendrell Leave a Comment

Imagine a tree. Any kind of tree you like. Oak, elm, evergreen, lemon, plumeria. That tree is your life.   It began when the seed was created by its parents, like you were. It began to sprout. It began to root. It made a small, tiny leaf, followed by another small, tiny leaf. It threw out one small tentative tendril of root, followed by another,…

Filed Under: Widowed Emotions Tagged With: grief, stephanie vendrell, metaphor for grief

Metaphors for Grief in Nature

December 12, 2015 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

I’m always astounded at the things nature teaches me about life and grief. This week I went for a walk at a park near my new house. It’s a wilderness park, with one trail that makes a 2 mile circle surrounding a prairie. For years, this area was farmland, and the park system has now preserved it to allow the landscape to fully restore back to it’s…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Therapy, Miscellaneous Tagged With: bereavement, sarah treanor, inspiration, loss, spring, grief, ohio, death, prairie, seasons, grand canyon, Autumn, Nature, Hiking, winter, metaphor for grief, widow

Building from the Grief Up

November 8, 2015 by Sarah Treanor and Mike Welker Leave a Comment

We took a trip to Pittsburgh yesterday. It was my first time to ever visit Pennsylvania. I’m not sure why, but I’ve wanted to visit this state since I was a kid. As we approached I was so surprised. The city itself was so beautiful… and the landscape was nothing like I’d expected – although I am not entirely sure what I expected it to be. The…

Filed Under: Widowed, Widowed Emotions, Miscellaneous Tagged With: sarah treanor, loss, resilience, rebuilding, metaphor for grief, landscape, hills and valleys, adapting, human ability, widow

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