Grief! My constant companion. Grief can feel like an uninvited guest, bringing with it a mix of emotions. It is a natural response to loss but can feel like an intruder, disrupting our lives and leaving us feeling lost and alone.

Grief, if not a comfort, is at least a companion

~ C.S. Lewis

What if we could see grief less of an intruder or uninvited guest but more of a companion that is there. In our mind and in our emotions we want to withdraw from the painful reality of loss and grief but we can only detach from the pain of grief and the pain of trauma for so long. What if, we can change our relationship to grief? We can’t change the reality of it because this is part of the human experience. It tells a story. It is a story of love and loss.

To grieve is to find the courage to keep living

~ Eleanor Roosevelt

I recently lost my sister. Her passing was sudden and unexpected. I have known grief but not like this. The hardest part of grief is in the acceptance that we are still here. I know that better days are to come but it is difficult to accept in the moment. In time I will find my new normal.

This is the ebb and flow of life.