I have experienced profound grief twice in my life, so I recognize the truth of grief when I read it. These words came from Gwen Flowers and they are worth keeping.

“I had my own notion of grief. I thought it was the sad time that followed the death of someone you love.

And you have to push through it to get to the other side. But I am learning that there is no
other side.

There is no pushing through. But rather, there is absorption. Adjustment. Acceptance.

And grief is not something you complete, but rather, you endure.

Grief is not a task to finish and move on, but an element of yourself—an altering of your being.

A new way of seeing.

A new definition of self.” ~ Gwen Flowers