Salt Water
@findyourharbor.bsky.social
Have you lost someone you can't live without? Salt Water is a blog, online community & resource for those who are grieving.
https://www.findyourharbor.org
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"What happens after someone you love dies?
It's really hard for those who remain behind.
And it can be hard for a long, long time.
That's all right.
It takes as long as it takes."
So begins Diane Namm's beautiful, comforting book for young children ...
It's really hard for those who remain behind.
And it can be hard for a long, long time.
That's all right.
It takes as long as it takes."
So begins Diane Namm's beautiful, comforting book for young children ...
November 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
"What happens after someone you love dies?
It's really hard for those who remain behind.
And it can be hard for a long, long time.
That's all right.
It takes as long as it takes."
So begins Diane Namm's beautiful, comforting book for young children ...
It's really hard for those who remain behind.
And it can be hard for a long, long time.
That's all right.
It takes as long as it takes."
So begins Diane Namm's beautiful, comforting book for young children ...
"When I get to Flinders Island, I will begin my own memorial days. I am taking something that our culture has stopped freely giving: the right to grieve. To shut out the world and its demands. To remember my love and to feel the immensity of his loss."
www.amazon.com/Memorial-Day...
www.amazon.com/Memorial-Day...
September 27, 2025 at 6:41 PM
"When I get to Flinders Island, I will begin my own memorial days. I am taking something that our culture has stopped freely giving: the right to grieve. To shut out the world and its demands. To remember my love and to feel the immensity of his loss."
www.amazon.com/Memorial-Day...
www.amazon.com/Memorial-Day...
"Start with loss. Lose everything. Then lose it all again.
Lose a good woman on a bad day. Find a better woman,
then lose five friends chasing her. Learn to lose as if
your life depended on it. Learn that your life depends on it."
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/155104...
Lose a good woman on a bad day. Find a better woman,
then lose five friends chasing her. Learn to lose as if
your life depended on it. Learn that your life depends on it."
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/155104...
September 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"Start with loss. Lose everything. Then lose it all again.
Lose a good woman on a bad day. Find a better woman,
then lose five friends chasing her. Learn to lose as if
your life depended on it. Learn that your life depends on it."
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/155104...
Lose a good woman on a bad day. Find a better woman,
then lose five friends chasing her. Learn to lose as if
your life depended on it. Learn that your life depends on it."
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/155104...
It found a reason to keep going ...
August 15, 2025 at 8:16 PM
It found a reason to keep going ...
Losing a parent is like driving through a plate glass window ...
August 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Losing a parent is like driving through a plate glass window ...
"For the nights can be long
and filled with shadows,
and sometimes terrible
unexpected waters will rise.
Somewhere someone needs help.
Send love.
It matters."
Carrie Newcomer
grateful.org/resource/sen...
and filled with shadows,
and sometimes terrible
unexpected waters will rise.
Somewhere someone needs help.
Send love.
It matters."
Carrie Newcomer
grateful.org/resource/sen...
July 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"For the nights can be long
and filled with shadows,
and sometimes terrible
unexpected waters will rise.
Somewhere someone needs help.
Send love.
It matters."
Carrie Newcomer
grateful.org/resource/sen...
and filled with shadows,
and sometimes terrible
unexpected waters will rise.
Somewhere someone needs help.
Send love.
It matters."
Carrie Newcomer
grateful.org/resource/sen...
"The❓of 'why' punches me in the gut every time. Because there is an accusation hidden in the 3 letter word. If there is a reason why, then there is something a friend, a mother, a father, a sister could have done to prevent Julia from ending her life.”
www.wow-womenonwriting.com/downloads/pr...
www.wow-womenonwriting.com/downloads/pr...
July 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
"The❓of 'why' punches me in the gut every time. Because there is an accusation hidden in the 3 letter word. If there is a reason why, then there is something a friend, a mother, a father, a sister could have done to prevent Julia from ending her life.”
www.wow-womenonwriting.com/downloads/pr...
www.wow-womenonwriting.com/downloads/pr...
You are not the darkness you endured ...
July 20, 2025 at 8:26 PM
You are not the darkness you endured ...
"If you have drowned in sorrow
and still have somehow found
a way to breathe, please, lead us.
You are the one with the crumbs
we need, the ones we will use to find
our way back to the home of our hearts."
~ Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
ahundredfallingveils.com/2025/06/13/p...
and still have somehow found
a way to breathe, please, lead us.
You are the one with the crumbs
we need, the ones we will use to find
our way back to the home of our hearts."
~ Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
ahundredfallingveils.com/2025/06/13/p...
July 18, 2025 at 12:12 PM
"If you have drowned in sorrow
and still have somehow found
a way to breathe, please, lead us.
You are the one with the crumbs
we need, the ones we will use to find
our way back to the home of our hearts."
~ Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
ahundredfallingveils.com/2025/06/13/p...
and still have somehow found
a way to breathe, please, lead us.
You are the one with the crumbs
we need, the ones we will use to find
our way back to the home of our hearts."
~ Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
ahundredfallingveils.com/2025/06/13/p...
"My love, I was so wrong. Dying is the opposite of leaving. When I left my body, I did not go away. That portal of light was not a portal to elsewhere, but a portal to here. I am more here than I ever was before. I am more with you than I ever could have imagined ...
July 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
"My love, I was so wrong. Dying is the opposite of leaving. When I left my body, I did not go away. That portal of light was not a portal to elsewhere, but a portal to here. I am more here than I ever was before. I am more with you than I ever could have imagined ...
"Grief is suffering, tailored ..."
July 12, 2025 at 9:57 PM
"Grief is suffering, tailored ..."
"My father used to say, This too shall pass
to anyone who would listen."
~ Laura Garfinkel
oneartpoetry.com/2025/06/15/t...
to anyone who would listen."
~ Laura Garfinkel
oneartpoetry.com/2025/06/15/t...
June 18, 2025 at 7:23 PM
"My father used to say, This too shall pass
to anyone who would listen."
~ Laura Garfinkel
oneartpoetry.com/2025/06/15/t...
to anyone who would listen."
~ Laura Garfinkel
oneartpoetry.com/2025/06/15/t...
"Sometimes I crawl inside
“What a Wonderful World”
where I am cradled not only
by the lyrics & the velvet
of Armstrong’s growlsome voice,
but also by my father who loved
the song so much that now,
almost 3 yrs after his death
the tune has become his arms ..."
ahundredfallingveils.com/2024/06/16/o...
“What a Wonderful World”
where I am cradled not only
by the lyrics & the velvet
of Armstrong’s growlsome voice,
but also by my father who loved
the song so much that now,
almost 3 yrs after his death
the tune has become his arms ..."
ahundredfallingveils.com/2024/06/16/o...
June 15, 2025 at 10:45 PM
"Sometimes I crawl inside
“What a Wonderful World”
where I am cradled not only
by the lyrics & the velvet
of Armstrong’s growlsome voice,
but also by my father who loved
the song so much that now,
almost 3 yrs after his death
the tune has become his arms ..."
ahundredfallingveils.com/2024/06/16/o...
“What a Wonderful World”
where I am cradled not only
by the lyrics & the velvet
of Armstrong’s growlsome voice,
but also by my father who loved
the song so much that now,
almost 3 yrs after his death
the tune has become his arms ..."
ahundredfallingveils.com/2024/06/16/o...
26 writers examine sibling loss from multiple perspectives including the death of an estranged sibling, unpacking delayed grief and the impossibility of getting over the loss. It is a life-shattering, life-altering loss & the grief can last a lifetime.
www.amazon.com/Loss-Lifetim...
www.amazon.com/Loss-Lifetim...
June 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
26 writers examine sibling loss from multiple perspectives including the death of an estranged sibling, unpacking delayed grief and the impossibility of getting over the loss. It is a life-shattering, life-altering loss & the grief can last a lifetime.
www.amazon.com/Loss-Lifetim...
www.amazon.com/Loss-Lifetim...
A life always ends too soon ...
June 1, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A life always ends too soon ...
"What happens after someone you love dies?
It's really hard for those who remain behind.
And it can be hard for a long, long time.
That's all right.
It takes as long as it takes."
www.amazon.com/What-Happens...
It's really hard for those who remain behind.
And it can be hard for a long, long time.
That's all right.
It takes as long as it takes."
www.amazon.com/What-Happens...
May 30, 2025 at 10:15 PM
"What happens after someone you love dies?
It's really hard for those who remain behind.
And it can be hard for a long, long time.
That's all right.
It takes as long as it takes."
www.amazon.com/What-Happens...
It's really hard for those who remain behind.
And it can be hard for a long, long time.
That's all right.
It takes as long as it takes."
www.amazon.com/What-Happens...
"Nothing is how it’s
supposed to happen. Isn’t it lucky?
I didn’t get everything. So I could have
this instead."
~ "How It's Supposed To Happen," Kelly Grace Thomas
www.kellygracethomas.com/publications
supposed to happen. Isn’t it lucky?
I didn’t get everything. So I could have
this instead."
~ "How It's Supposed To Happen," Kelly Grace Thomas
www.kellygracethomas.com/publications
May 21, 2025 at 7:39 PM
"Nothing is how it’s
supposed to happen. Isn’t it lucky?
I didn’t get everything. So I could have
this instead."
~ "How It's Supposed To Happen," Kelly Grace Thomas
www.kellygracethomas.com/publications
supposed to happen. Isn’t it lucky?
I didn’t get everything. So I could have
this instead."
~ "How It's Supposed To Happen," Kelly Grace Thomas
www.kellygracethomas.com/publications
"Those who lose a sister or brother to death are often referred to as “forgotten” or “invisible” mourners. But the impact of outliving a sibling is complex and long-lasting, stretching and morphing over the years.
May 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
"Those who lose a sister or brother to death are often referred to as “forgotten” or “invisible” mourners. But the impact of outliving a sibling is complex and long-lasting, stretching and morphing over the years.
I used to think healing meant forgetting ...
May 16, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I used to think healing meant forgetting ...
When a sibling dies, it’s a loss that reshapes your entire life.
On May 29th at 7 pm EST, join Lynn Shattuck, Alyson Shelton & Molly Fowkes for a workshop on the impact of sibling loss & how to find connection & healing in the aftermath.
Register today!
give.copefoundation.org/event/loss-o...
On May 29th at 7 pm EST, join Lynn Shattuck, Alyson Shelton & Molly Fowkes for a workshop on the impact of sibling loss & how to find connection & healing in the aftermath.
Register today!
give.copefoundation.org/event/loss-o...
May 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
When a sibling dies, it’s a loss that reshapes your entire life.
On May 29th at 7 pm EST, join Lynn Shattuck, Alyson Shelton & Molly Fowkes for a workshop on the impact of sibling loss & how to find connection & healing in the aftermath.
Register today!
give.copefoundation.org/event/loss-o...
On May 29th at 7 pm EST, join Lynn Shattuck, Alyson Shelton & Molly Fowkes for a workshop on the impact of sibling loss & how to find connection & healing in the aftermath.
Register today!
give.copefoundation.org/event/loss-o...
"Heart is sea, language is shore ..."
May 6, 2025 at 2:19 PM
"Heart is sea, language is shore ..."
"Love is a windbreaker ..."
April 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"Love is a windbreaker ..."
"What if I had said nothing at all, and simply
offered her my awkward but honest attention?
How often do I let my fear make choices for me?
How much is lost in these moments of cowardice?"
~ Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
ahundredfallingveils.com/2025/03/13/m...
offered her my awkward but honest attention?
How often do I let my fear make choices for me?
How much is lost in these moments of cowardice?"
~ Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
ahundredfallingveils.com/2025/03/13/m...
April 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
"What if I had said nothing at all, and simply
offered her my awkward but honest attention?
How often do I let my fear make choices for me?
How much is lost in these moments of cowardice?"
~ Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
ahundredfallingveils.com/2025/03/13/m...
offered her my awkward but honest attention?
How often do I let my fear make choices for me?
How much is lost in these moments of cowardice?"
~ Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
ahundredfallingveils.com/2025/03/13/m...
