Grief is...

When we lose someone we, of course, experience the loss differently. Grief is different to different people. For me...

Grief is... buying £140 worth of solar lights.

Grief is... driving around a 25% occupied car park, not able to find a space.

Grief is... your body experiencing emotion before your mind is able to identify the feeling.

Grief is... going into lock down.

Grief is... panicking at the thought of meeting a group of friends (and by 'group' I mean more than two).

Grief is... finding you are an unwitting member of the 'grief club'.

Grief is... enjoying that first moment of waking up before the reality of the situation kicks in. Again.

Grief is... feeling alone when standing in the middle of a group of caring people.

Grief is... crying with relief at the kindness of strangers.

Grief is... your heart broken open yet overflowing with love.

Grief is... seeing sweet peas climbing up a hedge and wanting to vomit.

Grief is... being unable to move, when the world rushes around you.

Grief is... what's your experience of grief?

Gill

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