One of the questions I've always thought about is this: Is there a right way to grieve?
I don't think there is.
Grief is one of the strangest experiences we go through. It's deeply personal, unpredictable, and rarely looks the way we expect it to. It doesn't fit neatly into stages or timelines.
We don't even grieve every loss the same way.
Grief Watercolour is available as a print.
Losing a parent feels different from losing a marriage. Losing your faith feels different from losing your health, your community, or the life you imagined you'd have. Every loss has its own language.
The strange thing is that grief often surprises us.
Sometimes you expect to fall apart... and you don't. Sometimes you think you're doing okay... until something small brings everything rushing back. Sometimes you cry. Sometimes you feel nothing at all. And all of it is okay. But it’s important to be vulnerable.
Grief is available as a digital cartoon.
We put so much pressure on ourselves to grieve the "right" way. To be sad enough. Strong enough. To move on quickly enough. To cry at the right moments. To heal on someone else's timeline.
But grief doesn't work like that.
The only way to grieve... is your way.
I'm also not convinced that grief simply gets easier with time. I think we become more familiar with carrying it. It changes shape. It becomes part of us. Some days it's loud. Other days it's quiet. But it has a way of reminding us of that loss.
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If you're grieving today, whether your loss happened last week or twenty years ago, please be gentle with yourself. There is no timeline. There is no standard. There is only your journey.
