Grief

We lost my beautifully brave father-in-law after years of fighting cancer. I thought that my deep faith in spirituality and experience of seeing someone pass would mean that I would cope okay, but turns out, there's no way to prepare for loss.

I felt it all, and couldn't return to life the same. I didn't know how to comprehend it, so I turned to my loved ones. I shared my experience with my mum, my sister, my best friends and I even shared with anyone outside of that who asked "how are you?" when seeing me out and about. You would be surprised to know how many people carry grief of their own.

There's a sense of community in grief, where we all understand the pain and know that there isn't anything anyone can say or do to relieve it. Just knowing that how you feel is understood, and that you are not alone, brings comfort.

I found that turning to my community opened up my heart even bigger and allowed me to see the beauty through the pain. If all we have is life before death, then it's my mission to live in love and share love with everyone that I interact with ❤️