BILL OF RIGHTS 4 THE BEREAVED.

We have the right to express our grieving in our own way We have the right to know that grieving is slow, hard work and to move through it at our own pace We have the right to express our feelings about grief and to explore them. We have the right to forgive ourselves for the things we think we 'Should' have done or 'Might' have done and realize that what we did in that moment of time was based on the information at hand and that we did the best that we could with the knowledge we had. We have the right to be ourselves and to recognize our strengths and our limitations. We have the right to participate actively in our mourning, to remember the past with fond memories. and to allow ourselves to enjoy our lives again. We have the right to move forward and to speak of our pain, whether that makes people uncomfortable or not. We have the right to go back and forth in our grieving, some days making progress and other days slipping back. We have the right to express our emotions and to have others bear witness to our story. We have the right to believe that we will have a whole life again!