grief Archives - Soft In Hard Places https://lisapullenkent.com/tag/grief-2/ Musings on Mothering, Metamorphosis and More Wed, 05 Nov 2025 16:28:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 https://i0.wp.com/lisapullenkent.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cropped-daisies-2485064_1920-1-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 grief Archives - Soft In Hard Places https://lisapullenkent.com/tag/grief-2/ 32 32 52246340 Resurgent Hope https://lisapullenkent.com/resurgence-of-hope/ https://lisapullenkent.com/resurgence-of-hope/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2020 21:28:16 +0000 http://lisapullenkent.com/?p=2367 I read once that Canadian geese are monogamous, that most couples stay together all their lives. Considering the brutality of life in this wild world, I find that to be an inspiring example of devotion, applicable to the human condition, particularly in our postmodern reality. Continue reading →

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]]> https://lisapullenkent.com/resurgence-of-hope/feed/ 4 2367 Love in the Stitches https://lisapullenkent.com/love-in-the-stitches/ https://lisapullenkent.com/love-in-the-stitches/#respond Fri, 30 Nov 2018 01:22:02 +0000 http://lisapullenkent.com/?p=1957 The older I get, the more I’m drawn homeward. When the weather turns cold, my craving for soup on the stove, a fire in the hearth, and time to knit begs to be slaked. Chilly temps find me cruising arts … Continue reading →

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]]> https://lisapullenkent.com/love-in-the-stitches/feed/ 0 1957 Swallowed in Sorrow https://lisapullenkent.com/swallowed-in-sorrow/ https://lisapullenkent.com/swallowed-in-sorrow/#respond Wed, 31 May 2017 00:12:14 +0000 http://lisapullenkent.com/?p=1951 In the hush of the hotel room I hear cars rushing by on the busy interstate. Above the hum of the fan, a far-off siren rises and recedes. It’s late. My teenage daughters make their cozy bed on the pullout … Continue reading →

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]]> https://lisapullenkent.com/swallowed-in-sorrow/feed/ 0 1951 The Only Way Out is Through https://lisapullenkent.com/the-only-way-out-is-through/ https://lisapullenkent.com/the-only-way-out-is-through/#comments Mon, 30 Sep 2013 05:29:01 +0000 http://lisapullenkent.com/?p=716 Grief lives in our house. Among the furniture, between the windows and the walls, it sits, thick and unmoving. Grief rides heavy on my chest. I can’t get a good, deep breath these days. It weighs down my husband’s shoulders and molds his features. Grief seeps into our nights of restless sleep and dreams of forgetting, of waking, and then remembering. Continue reading →

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