Kubler-Ross vs. Harmon Models of Grief

Kubler-Ross' 1969 model of grief is too strict.  Here is my alternative.

I don't see grief as being in stages.  I see it as being circular or in a cycle.  I can go back and forth between acceptance and depression.

"What The Hell Was That?"

"What the hell was that?" That was the topic of one of my last papers during the last fall semester of my undergraduate career. 

Dear Friend...

Congratulations, friend. I edited this several times because I keep having things to say that I want to express publicly.

Thank you for being a Conrad, partner in crime, shoulder, crutch, brother, father, uncle, and friend when I needed one. I know I can be the biggest pain the ass known to man, and you have been the brunt of all of my problems lately.  For that, I apologize.  Please know that I love you, and that God loves you.  Read here what Proverbs 12:26 says about finding friends, "One who is righteous is a guide to his neighbor."  Friend, you have been a guide to me.  You have inspired me to not give up on music when I wanted to so badly for a while.

But Friend, friendship doesn't come without playful competitiveness.  Paul writes in Romans, "Love one another with brotherly affection. Out do one another in showing honor."

In my recent bouts of negativity, you have shown to me that even though I feel alone, you are with me always, just like Job's friends were with him when Satan did all those nasty things to him. "Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that had come upon him, they came each from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They made an appointment together to come to show him sympathy and comfort him."

I would sacrifice my life for you, Friend.  "Greater Love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends." (John 15:13)

You keep me strong. "As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another." (Proverbs 27:17)

You are my brother. "A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity" (Proverbs 17:17)

But Friend, remember that there is someone who loves you more than I, and that is God.  "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." (John 3:16).

Friend, in conclusion, I just want to let you know how much you warm the deepest cockles of my heart.  Missing you is going to bring about a great wretched pain deep in the bowels of my gut that will take a long time to heal.

I'm not going to say Goodbye because that implies that our relationship is over and done for.  Instead, I want to say this.  See ya in a few!!!!

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After I posted this, I just so happen to look at the Bible verse in the lower left hand corner.  This is what it was.

I Had A Black Dog, And His Name Was Depression

I want each and every one of you to watch this.  I want you to watch this if you suffer from depression, know someone who has depression, or don't even know what depression is.  Thanks to my friend who shared this with me on Facebook.