Thank you for sharing something so raw and honest. In a world where people feel pressured to appear "okay", reminders like this give others permission to breathe, to feel and to understand that they are not alone in what they are carrying.
Your words will resonate with more people than you may realise. Grief has a way of making us feel like we have to stay strong for everyone else, as though showing the weight of our pain somehow means we are failing. But the truth is, surviving loss is not about hiding the hurt, it's about learning to carry it with kindness toward yourself.
What you said about not being able to "outwork grief" is incredibly powerful too. So many people exhaust themselves trying to silence emotions that simply need to be felt. Healing is rarely linear and there is no deadline for missing someone you love. Some days the waves are calm and some days they crash without any warning. However, neither makes you weak ❤️
