What is grief ?

[Swantaff]

A friend sent me this through social media which I thought was true and very beautiful.
Thought I’d share it

This is what grief is. A hole ripped through the very fabric of your being.
The hole eventually heals along the jagged edges that remain. It may even shrink in size.
But that hole will always be there.
A piece of you always missing.
For where there is deep grief, there was great love.
Don’t be ashamed of your grief.
Don’t judge it.
Don’t suppress it.
Don’t rush it.
Rather, acknowledge it.
Lean into it.
Listen to it.
Feel it.
Sit with it.
Sit with the pain. And remember the love.
This is where the healing will begin.

[Melancolie by Albert György]

This heartbreakingly beautiful sculpture is called Melancolie. It was created by Albert György (living in Switzerland, but born in Romania) and can be found in Geneva in a small park on the promenade (Quai du Mont Blanc) along the shore of Lake Geneva

[Burgled]

Thank you for sharing. I honestly don’t know how people who lose loved ones when young go on to live their life. For example, Martin Lewis who lost his mum when he was 12. I lost my dad when I was 39 and to think of the decades that I may have ahead of me, carrying this pain… the double pain of losing him and of knowing that his death was completely avoidable had he been seen by a GP and not a non-medically qualified person.