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Alyssa Wiens's avatar

This is a beautiful way to think about grief - it's an act of love, something to carry. Thanks for sharing!

Liane Cooper's avatar

Yes to this reframe ❤️‍🩹

Elizabeth Pahl's avatar

thank you! I am gifting this to my adult children, who are missing their Dad horribly. He died in Dec ‘25 at age 69-too soon. We were married 47 1/2 years. Cancer & heart failure were too much.

Dana Dalloway's avatar

I will add this to, "I'm not okay and that's okay." Somehow, when my daughter died, I stopped being able to explain things.

Nancy E. Holroyd, RN's avatar

Carrying grief rather than healing grief makes so much sense! Thank you for that statement.

SpiritualityForEffectiveLiving's avatar

I offer this process for releasing the emotional surges.

This does not diminish the love. Rahter it allows us to stay open to love, rther than closing to protect ourselves from further pain.

https://substack.com/@martysimon/p-182452561