Day 135 - Another Step in Saying Good-Bye

365 daily emails to help you through the grieving process Grief support groups: Click here to find a GriefShare group near you. If you would like to find a group for a friend or relative, try our Search Page. Want to read ahead or resend a previous daily email? Click Here Another Step in Saying Good-Bye Day 135 Sooner or later you are faced with the necessary step of dealing with your spouse's possessions. This is an important part of saying good-bye. Again, don't rush the grieving process; just follow this step when you are ready. Margi had some dear friends who spent the last week of her husband's life at her house helping out. These friends were having financial troubles, and after her husband's death, Margi chose to give her husband's nice work clothes to them. She also remembered her husband's ex-students, neighborhood boys who knew him, and, of course, her son. She says: "My husband probably had a hundred ties. I gave them away to different people because I knew that my husband had touched their lives in some way, and they would have a part of him. "I knew that it meant something to others, and that's why I was able to give it away. My husband had a lot of little articles, like little cedar chests. He had one of those from when he was a boy my son's age. So I gave that to my son one Christmas and then an arrowhead collection and several things like that." Your spouse's memory can live on in the lives of loved ones around you. Who can you touch today with a memory of your spouse? "I thank my God every time I remember you" (Philippians 1:3). Lord God, may the precious memories of my spouse bring joy to me and to those around me. Amen. Grieving with Hope This GriefShare-based book contains short, topical chapters addressing issues that grieving people face but are often hesitant to mention to others; it gently guides people to determine whether they're grieving in a way that leads to hope and ultimate healing. Look for Grieving with Hope by Samuel Hodges and Kathy Leonard at a local or online bookstore or at griefshare.org/hope. If you would like to recommend these daily emails to a friend, please click here and choose one of the options under Share. For more information about GriefShare, including how to sign up for these daily emails, please click here. All scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved. Copyright © 2003-2013 by The Church Initiative, Inc., All rights reserved. No part of this material may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without explicit permission in writing from Church Initiative. You subscribed to this daily email through www.griefshare.org. We value your privacy! We will never give, sell, rent, or otherwise share your email or personal information with any other organization — EVER. To remove this email address from further mailings Click Here while connected to the internet. If you have any problems or concerns, please contact dailyemailsupport@griefshare.org. GriefShare 250 S. Allen Rd. Wake Forest, NC 27587 (800) 395-5755