Grief Doesn’t Follow a Calendar

Nobody really warns you about grief. You can read about grief, listen to podcasts, articles about grief management, perhaps comfort friends who are navigating the loss of a loved one. But until it actually happens to you, there is no way of knowing how you are going to deal with it.

It’s that simple.

That lump in the pit of your stomach. You know, that heaviness that just sits there. And you know what, however much you smile on the outside, it’s still there. Yet somehow, we are still expected to function in a normal world.

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