Dear Intimacy,

What would you have me know today?

i am learning that you can’t get over grief. i thought i was “over” my grief with my mom. i talked to my therapist, i made a project about grief, i wrote my thoughts and feelings down in a journal. but this month, i am learning, grief is not something you check off. i am a person who likes to get things done and then check them off on my list. it’s strange because logically i know i can’t check off “got over grief” and move on. i guess i’m still learning, emotionally, how to welcome these uncomfortable grief feelings in and sit with them until they decide to move on (and then come back).