Grief as Journey
Grief is not an event. It is a journey — one that begins the moment love collides with loss and continues, in shifting forms, for the rest of our lives. We don’t “get over” grief any more than we get over love. We walk with it. We learn its seasons. We discover its terrain. The First Miles: Shock and Disorientation In the beginning, grief feels like being dropped into a foreign country without a map. Nothing looks familiar. Time behaves strangely. The world continues its ordinary rhythms while yours has stopped, and that dissonance alone can feel unbearable. These early miles are marked by exhaustion, numbness, and the quiet ache of trying to understand what cannot be understood. The Middle Stretch: Learning to Carry What Remains Eventually, grief becomes less about surviving the loss and more about learning to carry the love that remains. This is where transformation begins. We start to recognize that grief is not only sorrow — it is memory, devotion, and the ongoing relationshi...