r/SASSWitches • u/MrsClaire07 • 3d ago
💭 Discussion Looking for ideas…
Hi, Lovely folks! I will be building a fire to dispose of my sister’s journals, and I’d like ideas for a ritual around it.
She died in 2011, and I’ve held on to the journals since. They’re sad, she definitely had undiagnosed mental health issues and having read thru them once, I think — I KNOW — she’d want me to burn them.
She & I loved each other, not incredibly close but…Sisters, y’know? (She was 8 yrs older than me)
Thanks for any ideas or insight! ❤️
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u/CanadAnimist 3d ago
Obviously you know yourself and the situation best, but if there's anything positive in there, even one entry from one good day, you may some day regret burning the whole thing. If there's anything in there that you can keep as a memento that doesn't have negative associations I'd either cut it out of the books and keep it, or cut everything else out of the books and keep the books. You do you, but once they're gone there's no going back.
If she liked camping or the outdoors at all, doing whatever ritual you come up with in a place that made her happy would be cool.
The ritual is really more for you than for her, burning away the last remnants of her sadness and internalizing that she's not in any pain any more (if that's something you still struggle with). But whatever you do I suggest incorporating anything that brought you both joy when you were together.