The Weight Of What's Gone Quotes

“i made a wish today. a wish that you are free of pain and at peace. a wish that you would visit me in my dreams. a wish that you somehow know how much I love and miss you. today, i wished for you.”
― Jenna Lowthert, The Weight Of What's Gone: Words & Thoughts From A Grieving Heart | Grief Quotes & Poems

“I will always miss you more than I did yesterday, but never more than I will tomorrow, for my life is consumed by the thought that we should have had so much more time together and I will never go a day without you on my mind.”
― Jenna Lowthert, The Weight Of What's Gone: Words & Thoughts From A Grieving Heart | Grief Quotes & Poems

“Grief is heavy, but so is love and somehow, we learn to carry the weight of both.”
― Jenna Lowthert, The Weight Of What's Gone: Words & Thoughts From A Grieving Heart | Grief Quotes & Poems

“you never really realize how much you can miss someone.. until you miss them.”
― Jenna Lowthert, The Weight Of What's Gone: Words & Thoughts From A Grieving Heart | Grief Quotes & Poems

“the second you died, i knew that i would miss you for the rest of my life.”
― Jenna Lowthert, The Weight Of What's Gone: Words & Thoughts From A Grieving Heart | Grief Quotes & Poems

“the hardest part wasn’t just the loss.. it was the learning to live without them in a place that doesn’t feel like home anymore.”
― Jenna Lowthert, The Weight Of What's Gone: Words & Thoughts From A Grieving Heart | Grief Quotes & Poems

“losing a parent is not just a moment of sadness. it’s a lifelong adjustment to our world as we always knew it now forever changed.”
― Jenna Lowthert, The Weight Of What's Gone: Words & Thoughts From A Grieving Heart | Grief Quotes & Poems

“repeat after me: this is my grief journey and nobody else’s. i will never allow anyone to put a timeline on my grief. i will never feel bad for having a day when i scream and cry and let it all out. i will never be guilted into missing my loved one any less just because so much time has gone by. and i will never, ever stop talking about them just because people think that i should be “over it by now”
― Jenna Lowthert, The Weight Of What's Gone: Words & Thoughts From A Grieving Heart | Grief Quotes & Poems

“they say that grief is the price we pay for love.. but what they don’t tell you is that sometimes the cost is so high that we never truly recover.”
― Jenna Lowthert, The Weight Of What's Gone: Words & Thoughts From A Grieving Heart | Grief Quotes & Poems

“say their name. shout it from a rooftop. talk about them. tell their story. drive with the windows down, blasting their old favorite songs. celebrate their life. live yours for them. never let them be forgotten.. and they will always be remembered.”
― Jenna Lowthert, The Weight Of What's Gone: Words & Thoughts From A Grieving Heart | Grief Quotes & Poems

“grief is the shadow that follows you around everywhere you go. some days it is barely there. some days it is all you can see.”
― Jenna Lowthert, The Weight Of What's Gone: Words & Thoughts From A Grieving Heart | Grief Quotes & Poems

“we replay our last words over and over again. always wishing for just one more chance to hear their voice and i don’t think that the longing to speak to them, just one more time, ever truly goes away.”
― Jenna Lowthert, The Weight Of What's Gone: Words & Thoughts From A Grieving Heart | Grief Quotes & Poems

“i never truly understood loss until i sat next to my mom’s hospital bed and begged for a miracle that never came.”
― Jenna Lowthert, The Weight Of What's Gone: Words & Thoughts From A Grieving Heart | Grief Quotes & Poems

“grief is wanting to keep everything that was ever theirs because sometimes we feel that is all we have left of them.”
― Jenna Lowthert, The Weight Of What's Gone: Words & Thoughts From A Grieving Heart | Grief Quotes & Poems

“one day they’re here, laughing and living. and then in an instant they are gone. just like that. it has always shocked me.. how quickly someone can become a memory.”
― Jenna Lowthert, The Weight Of What's Gone: Words & Thoughts From A Grieving Heart | Grief Quotes & Poems

“i hate the month of may and that feeling that i get when spring approaches. the flowers start to bloom. the sun starts to stay. and while the world around me sings.. i still mourn the loss that may brought to me.”
― Jenna Lowthert, The Weight Of What's Gone: Words & Thoughts From A Grieving Heart | Grief Quotes & Poems

“you were here one second and then you were gone the next. my mind still has a hard time accepting that.”
― Jenna Lowthert, The Weight Of What's Gone: Words & Thoughts From A Grieving Heart | Grief Quotes & Poems

“every time you smile, they are smiling with you. every time you cry, they are holding you so tight, even if you cannot see them. the love you shared doesn’t end just because they are no longer here. it will forever live on in you, in the choices you make, in the kindness you show and in the strength you find to keep going, despite all the heartache and sadness that missing them brings.”
― Jenna Lowthert, The Weight Of What's Gone: Words & Thoughts From A Grieving Heart | Grief Quotes & Poems

“heavens gain was my hearts biggest loss.”
― Jenna Lowthert, The Weight Of What's Gone: Words & Thoughts From A Grieving Heart | Grief Quotes & Poems

“grief is the haunting of what once was and what we wish so badly could be again.”
― Jenna Lowthert, The Weight Of What's Gone: Words & Thoughts From A Grieving Heart | Grief Quotes & Poems

“I never truly understood loss until I sat next to my moms hospital bed and begged for a miracle that never came”
― Jenna Lowthert, The Weight Of What's Gone: Words & Thoughts From A Grieving Heart | Grief Quotes & Poems

“Grief is heavy, but so is love.. and somehow, we learn to carry the weight of both.”
― Jenna Lowthert, The Weight Of What's Gone: Words & Thoughts From A Grieving Heart | Grief Quotes & Poems

“I can't see you, but I can still love you.”
― Jenna Lowthert, The Weight Of What's Gone: Words & Thoughts From A Grieving Heart | Grief Quotes & Poems