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When I'm really struggling, I try to remember grief like the ocean. At the very beginning, it can feel like the water is unmanageable, and we're drowning in a storm. It's wave after wave, and it can feel like you can't keep your head above the surface and you can't breathe...
It will feel like you may never get your head above the water. So, I want to remind you sometimes the best course of action is not to fight the waves but to let them wash over you and to succumb to the flow of the ocean at that moment. It may carry you somewhere uncomfortable...
But it's ok to sit with those feelings and truly feel them. It's hard to imagine, but one day the waves that once felt overwhelming to you will lap around your feet and bring you both a small pang of pain but also joy at the memories...
and impact that the person you lost had on you and others around them. As Joe Biden has said at many memorial services he's led: “The time will come when [his] memory will bring a smile to your lips before it brings a tear to your eyes...”
Please lean on your friends. Please cherish your families. Please be safe and considerate of others. Please know that everyone grieves differently, but that it's 100% ok to work through your feelings the best way you know how. If you need someone to chat with, please DM me.
