put on my new fun shoes
tried to dance
my heart was too heavy
cried
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Linda
16/4/2016 02:37:30 pm
Oh, don't expect too much of yourself, not too soon. Gently does it.
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Freda
16/4/2016 02:48:13 pm
The music was so lovely, but my feet wouldn't lift off the floor! The oddest sensation and a reminder that, as you say, gently does it. Thank you Linda.
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Mary
16/4/2016 04:17:23 pm
Music has the power to bring emotion to the surface at the speed of light when we are simply not prepared for it. x
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Freda
17/4/2016 08:53:24 am
Exactly Mary. I was quite shocked that my feet wouldn't do what I was telling them.
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Madeleine
16/4/2016 06:57:08 pm
Linda is right, go gently and know that this too will pass.
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Freda
17/4/2016 08:53:56 am
Thank you Madeleine.
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PennyL
17/4/2016 12:10:25 am
But you will dance again one day Freda xxxx
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Freda
17/4/2016 08:54:28 am
I will Penny..
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Freda
17/4/2016 08:57:46 am
As you know I have been learning to swim over a few years, and Barry was teaching me to swim better just last summer. (He was a very fit and strong swimmer even just before Christmas.) Thank you for this Elaine.
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Freda
17/4/2016 08:59:23 am
In some things I am patient.....
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Lotta
17/4/2016 01:28:25 am
That you wanted to dance is a step off the floor Freda. Be gentle with your heavy heart, the new steps will come. Hugs xx
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Freda
17/4/2016 09:00:31 am
Some music just makes you want to dance doesn't it.
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cath
17/4/2016 07:33:22 am
Your grieving heart has its own sense of time. It is hearing a different kind of music.
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Freda
17/4/2016 09:02:39 am
My head needs to learn from my heart I think. The duality throws me sometimes (if that makes sense).
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cath
17/4/2016 10:26:45 am
It does. Take care dear Freda.
Julia
17/4/2016 05:35:41 pm
With grief, one never knows when or how the door will suddenly be flung open again!....i was reminded of the title of a book on health issues: "when the body says no". It is true....our bodies cannot be lied to....they will speak when we cannot; and even when we are not fully aware of our feelings.
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Freda
18/4/2016 02:18:13 am
Learning to hear what they are saying is probably a good practice Julia. I think this is very wise.
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18/4/2016 12:09:05 pm
Grief can take hold of you so suddenly especially when you are not expecting it. Sometimes it can be two steps forward and one back.I'm sure your dancing feet will return when they are ready, Sarah x
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Freda
18/4/2016 12:54:18 pm
Thank you Sarah, I'm sure you are right.
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Gail
18/4/2016 04:23:18 pm
Time is linear. Grief is a ebbing, flowing wave outside of time. Eventually, when your heart is light, your feet will follow, then the dancing begins. Gently, gently.
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Freda
12/8/2016 02:08:44 pm
Thank you for this Gail.
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