Sunday, October 11, 2009

Alphabet of Grief

If you think of every letter in the alphabet, there is a grief word that adequately describes the anguish one feels as a bereaved parent in 98% of them. Thanks to Florence Godfrey from West Virginia who was able to pinpoint these words. If you can think of others, please let me know and I will add them to the list.

A
alone, aching, agonized

B
broken, bereft, betrayed, bitter, battered

C
crippled, crushed, cheerless

D
Distraught, destroyed, dejected, desolate, devastated, drained, deflated

E
empty, exhausted

F
failed, forsaken, frightened

G
grieving

H
Helpless, heartbroken, horrified, hurt, hit

I
incompetent, incomplete

J
jealous

K
kicked

L
lessened, lost

M
Miserable

N
numb
O
overwhelmed, out of touch

P
powerless, pained, pining, punched

Q
questioning

R
rejected

S
sadness

T
tormented, troubled, trampled upon

U
unfit, unhinged, useless

V
void

W
weakened, wretched, worthless

XYZ
yearning

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