Honouring Our Relatives
I made a couple long Facebook statuses about healing and grief recently. Something about this time of the year has lots of mus missing people who aren’t here anymore. Me as well. I hope these words provide a little bit of comfort to those of us, and let’s be honest, there are many, who have lost relatives this year and are coping with that grief. Take care of yourselves, and take care of each other!
This holiday season is so different. I tell myself again and again: "we stay apart for now so that when we gather again no one is missing"...But the sad reality is too many of our relatives aren't gonna be there when we gather again.This pandemic and the systems that are supposed to care for us have been overwhelmed and now things will never be the same.
I will honour the memory of those who left too soon by trying to say the good things they would have said with my words; doing the good things they would have done with my hands; loving all the things they loved with my heart. And I will fight - so that no one ever has to lose a loved one so early and so unnecessarily ever again. Our relatives may be in the spirit world but we can still love them through our actions and make our life and the lives of those around us a little bit better. I know my relatives on the other side would be smiling. #ThursdayThoughts #Grief #Healing #Love.Posted by Michael Redhead Champagne on Thursday, December 24, 2020
I was reminiscing with a friend about my brother who's in the spirit world now. We laughed about him, talked about his good heart and how generous he was. How he always simplified problems by saying "take care of people's basic needs".
Less than one hour later, I was randomly on the phone with an old friend, haven't spoke in years. They for some reason revealed they are in the same clan as my brother. They encouraged me and said they wanted to take care of me. They said they believed in me and together we could help "take care of people's basic needs". I cried when I got off the phone because it felt like I had just talked to my brother from the other side. It's like he heard us missing him, so he had one of his wolf relatives call me up and say all those things. He told me before he left, don't forget how much he believes in my work. Sometimes I do forget though, but even though he's gone he's still helping me and still reminding me. The world is a mysterious and beautiful place. I'm grateful for those moments of connection. Posted by Michael Redhead Champagne on Sunday, December 27, 2020
As you may or may not have realized by now - I take action to help me heal my grief and I want to encourage all of you to take action too. The reason is, it is easy to fall into a slump when we miss our loved ones, and by taking actions it keeps us busy and also allows us an outlet for our energy that is constructive. But please be gentle with yourself, this is my way of healing and it looks differently for all of us.
