Grief is a wilderness — sometimes I think I can see where I am supposed to go, but most of the time I can’t quite make out where the path is or how this will all settle down to something I can hold in my hands and say — ‘There. There is my loss and I see it, I know it, and I carry it.’
But —
I made it through this first year. And you will too. I promise you.
Read more about navigating these seasons when your child has died by checking out my article published on Still Standing Magazine.
Just finished first year. I can’t believe I made it.
You made it – I know it wasn’t easy, and it will always be hard. But you made it. I found that having a small ritual helped me get through the one-year anniversary. On her angel date, I made Eve’s favorite dinner, and we laid out pictures, and lit candles. I wrote and I cried. What things have brought you comfort this past year? Big hugs from Eve’s mom.