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What Is This Feeling Called Grief?
No heart goes thru life without being touched by loss
Grief is the response to loss, particularly to the loss of someone or something that has died, to which a bond or affection was formed.
Have you ever felt grief?
Grief does what it wants to. It has power over you.
It shows up in the middle of the night, during the day, at mealtime.
It doesn’t care when it arrives and there’s nothing you can do about it.
Eventually it will leave, but no one can say when that will be.
Grief has no timetable. You may start to feel a little better in 6–8 weeks as your mind begins to reconcile the situation, but the grieving process can last anywhere from 6 months to 4 years or more.
Who can say?
Grief takes over your whole body and mind. You may not be able to eat or sleep.
Maybe you sleep some, but you can’t stay asleep, because you know when you wake up, grief will be there with you.
You can’t get away from it.
It’s bigger and stronger than you.
It will be your constant companion for many days or weeks to come.
