Take Time to Grieve

Take time to grieve the life you thought you would have. Take time to grieve the people you lost to death. Take time to grieve the people who left. Take time to grieve not having what you needed.

If you do not make time for grief, your body will make that choice for you, usually at the worst possible moment.

There has always been tragedy, but many of us have been asked to metabolize loss at unprecedented scale since 2019. People are still expected to perform normalcy while carrying cumulative grief.

You cannot skip that process forever.

Taking time to grieve does not mean you stay there. It does not mean you let grief drown you. It can feel like it will, but the work is to move with it, not disappear inside it.

Grieve, then keep living for yourself. Keep living for your community. Keep living out of spite, if you have to.

Learn how to stop and grieve. Do not stop living.