Grief isn’t just about tears.
It’s not just about sobbing into a pillow at 3 AM or standing silent at a funeral with shaking hands.
Grief is far more than sadness.
Grief is far more than sadness.
🌑 Grief is Everything All At Once
Grief is anger.
That hot, bitter anger at life, at death, at God, at yourself, at them for leaving.
That hot, bitter anger at life, at death, at God, at yourself, at them for leaving.
Grief is numbness.
It’s staring at the ceiling with dry eyes that forgot how to blink.
It’s staring at the ceiling with dry eyes that forgot how to blink.
Grief is being shattered into a thousand unrecognizable pieces, crawling through days that feel like cold molasses.
Grief is that choked feeling in your chest when you hear their favourite song in a café.
It’s the silent scream when you remember there will never be another text, another hug, another moment.
It’s the silent scream when you remember there will never be another text, another hug, another moment.
🌊 Grief is a River with No Map
You don’t just “get over” it.
You don’t wake up one day and find it folded neatly at the end of your bed, ready to pack away.
You don’t wake up one day and find it folded neatly at the end of your bed, ready to pack away.
You roll with the punches.
Some days you stand up strong. Other days you crumble before your feet even touch the floor.
Some days you stand up strong. Other days you crumble before your feet even touch the floor.
🕊️ Grief is Past and Future
You grieve what was — the memories, the laughter, the arguments, the ordinary Tuesday afternoons.
You grieve what will never be — the milestones they won’t witness, the future plans now erased, the grandchildren they’ll never hold, the sunsets you’ll watch alone.
⚠️ Grief Wears Many Faces
It’s skipping meals because your stomach can’t hold food.
It’s showering just to feel human.
It’s isolating yourself because words are too heavy.
It’s filling your calendar with distractions so you don’t drown in reality.
It’s showering just to feel human.
It’s isolating yourself because words are too heavy.
It’s filling your calendar with distractions so you don’t drown in reality.
💡 Grief is Love’s Shadow
“Grief is love with nowhere to go.”
That love still lives inside you, heavy with no outlet, no recipient.
It pulses in your chest and aches in your bones, looking for hands to hold and finding only empty air.
It pulses in your chest and aches in your bones, looking for hands to hold and finding only empty air.
🌱 If You Don’t Understand Grief…
If you wonder why people grieve so deeply, so long, so hard — consider yourself blessed.
Because not understanding grief means you have not yet lost what breaks your heart beyond repair.
Because not understanding grief means you have not yet lost what breaks your heart beyond repair.
🤍 Final Reflection
If you are grieving, know this:
You are not failing.
You are not broken beyond healing.
You are simply loving in a place that has no place for love to land.
You are not broken beyond healing.
You are simply loving in a place that has no place for love to land.
Let it rise. Let it wash over you. Let it whisper the truth:
Grief is the price of love. And though it feels like death, it is proof you lived and loved deeply.
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