Below are two poems that friends sent to us after Jenelle and Amy died. We are trying to help others through their grief, just like our friends tried to help us through our grief.
Everybody Grieves Differently
Grieving is as natural as
Crying when you are hurt,
Sleeping when you are tired,
Eating when you are hungry
Or sneezing when your nose itches
Grief is the deepest wound
A cut finger
Is numb before it bleeds
It bleeds before it hurts
It hurts before it begins to heal,
It forms a scab and itches until
Finally, the scab is gone and
A small scar is left where
There was once a wound.
Grief is the deepest wound
You have ever had.