Rommie was all about playing, especially tennis ball.

From the moment she got up until the moment sleep finally overtook her, she played and played hard.

You too. 

Even though you are grieving, you still need to play.

Get out and run around the yard playing tag with your children, grandchildren or nieces and nephews. Play ball, play pirates or play tea party with your niece and her dolls.

Find what you consider to be “play” and do it. Find away to step back from grief and have fun.

While grief invades every area of your life, it does not have to be front and center all the time. Playing will help you move forward through grief by taking your mind off it for awhile. It will give you a glimpse of what a normal life will be like when grief no longer occupies center stage.

Seize the opportunity to play every day for:

Quote Meditation

Together with a culture of work, there must be a culture of leisure as gratification. To put it another way: people who work must take the time to relax, to be with their families, to enjoy themselves, read, listen to music, play a sport.

Pope Francis

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