When a beloved cat dies, you may feel broken—I know I did, at times—but you are not broken. Who you really are is never broken.We live in a culture that insists that if we’re not happy-happy-joy-joy around the clock, even when we’ve experienced a major...
Grief is the natural response to the loss of a relationship (as well as a being) that held a unique place in our hearts. When we try to resist feeling grief—by thinking “It shouldn’t have happened” or blaming ourselves or others—it intensifies the pain exponentially…
"Grief, I've learned, is really just love. It's all the love you want to give but cannot. All that unspent love gathers up in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and that hollow part of your chest. Grief is just love with no place to go."...