Stage 1 – Denial

Denial helps us to survive. When things are overwhelming shock, denial, and numbness become a buffer. Denial is a way to simply get through each day. As you start to ask yourself honest questions about the nature of your loss the healing process has begun.

This stage is symbolized by a field of dead wildflowers, gone to seed.  The setting sun is the end of hope – that one is blindfolded against. This is the end of something cherished, surrounded by the seeds of an unknown future.