(March 8, 2015 at 5:40 pm)Deidre32 Wrote:(March 8, 2015 at 5:37 pm)Nope Wrote: Mine too. My grandmother was more like my mother and I still miss her
and she was a mentor and friend. just so much all in one person.
so, may I ask, how do you manage your emotions as an atheist, when it comes to something as traumatic as that?
It is hard. I wish that I had advice. When I first lost faith, I started lighting a candle for her. That sounds opposite of what an atheist would do but the ritual made me feel a connection to her memory and that made me feel a little better.