Some grief is hard to explain because it is not only about what happened. It is about what should have happened. The parent who should have protected you.The marriage that should have felt safe.The childhood that should have been gentler.The friendship that should have lasted.The apology that should have come.The diagnosis that should not have… Continue reading The Grief of What Should Have Been
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When Grief Does Not Look Like Crying
Grief does not always look like tears. Sometimes grief looks like irritability, exhaustion, or forgetting what you walked into the room for. Then sometimes grief looks like being completely fine in the grocery store until a song comes on, a smell hits you, or you see something they would have loved. There are times when… Continue reading When Grief Does Not Look Like Crying