Grief

“Grief is subversive, undermining the quiet agreement to behave and be in control of our emotions. It is an act of protest that declares our refusal to live numb and small. There is something feral about grief, something essentially outside the ordained and sanctioned behaviors of our culture. Because of that, grief is necessary to the vitality of the soul. Contrary to our fears, grief is suffused with life-force.... It is not a state of deadness or emotional flatness. Grief is alive, wild, untamed and cannot be domesticated. It resists the demands to remain passive and still. We move in jangled, unsettled, and riotous ways when grief takes hold of us. It is truly an emotion that rises from the soul.”
― Francis Weller

Loss of loved ones-whether children, partner, parents, friends, siblings-or loss of career, identity, health and ability-all leave us struggling to find a new way to live a full life. Grief can come in waves, so strong one day, and less present the next. Grief reminds us at our very core, that we loved, and had needs. That we lived.