Rochelle Rice » acceptance http://rochellerice.com/blog Empowering Women Through Movement Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:20:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Grief…such an interesting emotion. http://rochellerice.com/blog/2009/06/griefsuch-an-interesting-emotion/ http://rochellerice.com/blog/2009/06/griefsuch-an-interesting-emotion/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:36:00 +0000 Rochelle http://rochellerice.com/blog/?p=288 It’s a year today since my Yorkie, Champagne passed.  Such an interesting roller coaster of emotions over the past year.  More so this spring as the weather got nice – before all the rain – how I missed sitting on the stoop with her watching the world go by.

The five stages of grief was first introduced by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross; denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance.  I guess that’s where I am right now…acceptance.  I have traveled through all of them and here I rest this morning.

No loss is easy.  My heart still aches at times.  But knowing where I am along the journey, knowing that Champagne and I lead a full life together, knowing how much she gave to many of my clients, I hope to continue to sit in the knowledge and belief that this is life and the lessons I learned are ones of compassion and love.

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