Losing A Parent Quotes

“Once you have lived through your grief and some time has passed—three, five or ten years— you may sometimes regret your parents’ absence without really wanting their presence.”
― Fiona Marshall, Losing A Parent: Practical Help For You And Other Family Members

“Make the effort to cook for yourself,”
― Fiona Marshall, Losing A Parent: Practical Help For You And Other Family Members

“It wasn’t until she found herself face to face with the priest for a heart-to-heart talk that she realized it was Episcopalian.”
― Fiona Marshall, Losing A Parent: Practical Help For You And Other Family Members

“your parent may be left in a house too large or expensive for him or her to manage alone, in which case an early move could be beneficial.”
― Fiona Marshall, Losing A Parent: Practical Help For You And Other Family Members

“One of the most important long-term effects of losing a parent is that it leads you to find your own center—the inner home that gives you roots. Achieving emotional independence from our parents takes place whether they die or not, but it is inevitably easier when they do.”
― Fiona Marshall, Losing A Parent: Practical Help For You And Other Family Members

“Although it’s a painful task, you need to sort through the belongings before they acquire a kind of taboo from being left untouched.”
― Fiona Marshall, Losing A Parent: Practical Help For You And Other Family Members

“Guy was living in another part of the country and no one thought to ask him if he wanted anything.”
― Fiona Marshall, Losing A Parent: Practical Help For You And Other Family Members

“The death of a parent usually leaves us in search of a new identity.”
― Fiona Marshall, Losing A Parent: Practical Help For You And Other Family Members

“can be a relief to acknowledge this emotion in all its powerful simplicity. Crying can help you do”
― Fiona Marshall, Losing A Parent: Practical Help For You And Other Family Members

“Maria was thinking of starting a family but felt unable to proceed because her mother’s death a year before was still hanging over her.”
― Fiona Marshall, Losing A Parent: Practical Help For You And Other Family Members