Tag: grief

  • The poem explores the struggle of finding hope in a bleak world, where well-meaning reassurances feel insubstantial. It highlights the difficulty of facing one’s emotions and the nuanced experience of being neither fully healed nor lost, but instead existing in…

    It’ll Be OK
  • The days after the break-up weren’t calm or reflective. They were chaotic. My emotions pulled me in every direction at once, and nothing matched up — what I felt, what I knew, and what I wanted all existed in separate…

    Part 2 — The Spiral
  • The divorce papers arrived, and even though I knew they would, it still knocked me. I thought I’d feel relief, but instead it’s bittersweet. Whatever her feelings were, mine were real — and that makes this the end of not…

    Bittersweet Endings: When the Divorce Papers Arrive
  • A personal statement about truth, lived experience, and why speaking honestly about pain matters even when others would rather look away.

    The Thing About the Truth
  • Healing is a weird process. So many times — as you’ll have seen in some of my previous posts — I feel like I’m improving. I’ll have a good day, maybe even a few strung together. I get up, crack…

    The Mess of Healing
  • Every message from you is like a knife right through my heart. I feel like I’ve took one step forward but then I’m right back to the start. Sitting in the darkness thoughts running through my head. Why are you…

    A Heart Left in the Dark
  • I want to talk directly to you. I need to explain some things. You’re reading this blog — I don’t know why. But you are, I want you to know something:Despite everything we’ve gone through over the past month, I’m…

    For Her
  • I had a moment yesterday. One of those gut-punch moments that comes out of nowhere and just completely knocks the wind out of you. It wasn’t anything big. In fact, it was something tiny — something most people wouldn’t even…

    The Smallest Things Break Us