Bereavement and Loss Counseling
A Place of Hope and Caring

  Many people report that, while deep in grief, they have been visited by red birds. The red bird, they tell us, provided comfort and a connection to the loved one they had lost. According to a sacred Cherokee story, the sun's daughter was killed, but returned to her mother in the form of a red bird.
 
 
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Collaborative Poem

Poem written collaboratively by Red Bird Center Participants at the first
 “Evening of the Arts”
October 2007

Grief Came Knocking

Grief came knocking at my door
I pushed against it, but it would not hold
I invited people in who could help me pull at its pain
Grief lingered at a certain level for a long time
Feeling almost comfortable, like a blanket
Then it rose again like a raging sea
Blindsiding me
I pushed it back down
I wasn’t ready for its enveloping force

Whether I wanted it or not
Grief came
I slammed the door trying unsuccessfully
To close it out
I tried to fix it as if it was broken,
But I know now that I can only fix it with
Acceptance

Grief is final, but I am not
I am not the same because of it
And though it breaks my heart
I am the better person because of it
I see so many others whose eyes show me they too
Have had the door slammed in their faces
And I love them

Grief came knocking on my door
I pushed it so much that I wished
It was the person I lost at the door
And not my grief

 

Red Bird Center understands loss, and offers a variety of services related to grief.

6300 West Loop South Suite #240 Bellaire, Texas 77401
Phone 713-621-2700 Fax 713-839-7644 Email: redbird@redbirdcenter.com

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