I have written about this topic before. But I think it is worth revisiting. Our society does not like to be witness to grief for very long. The prevailing thought is it should be wrapped up in a couple of days. Something like: funeral with a short visitation, a couple of days of bereavement, then time to get back at it. If we continue to actively and openly grieve, a lot of people become uncomfortable.

I encourage you, especially if your loved one’s death is recent or if you never gave yourself permission to mourn, to take some time to do just that. When you do, your heart heals a bit and you can rejoin life a bit. It doesn’t happen all at once. David Kessler states that we will love, miss, and grieve our person as long as they are dead and we are still here. I believe that to be true. But I also think when we actively and intentionally honor our grieve around our person or people’s death that our hearts and souls begin to mend.