When grief resurfaces without warning, it’s disorienting and confusing. You may feel like you’ve failed or regressed… but what if the opposite is true?
Thank you for this post. My schnauzer, Scout, passed this February. He was my constant companion. He saved me from danger a few times on walks. We did everything together. The hardest part was coming home to no more greetings from him. When the day came to euthanize him, he was very quiet and relaxed and I felt like he knew it was his time. As you mentioned, my grief comes and goes. We had a good life together. Thank you for your suggestions on healing from my grief. I needed this.
Thanks for posting this thoughtful piece. I especially like your point about not fighting the grief waves. For a while now, I’ve been trying to listen to them rather than suppress them. I think our society treat grief like a pathology to cure, but since losing Obie, I’ve come to believe that it’s an expression of love’s continuation.
Thank you for this post. My schnauzer, Scout, passed this February. He was my constant companion. He saved me from danger a few times on walks. We did everything together. The hardest part was coming home to no more greetings from him. When the day came to euthanize him, he was very quiet and relaxed and I felt like he knew it was his time. As you mentioned, my grief comes and goes. We had a good life together. Thank you for your suggestions on healing from my grief. I needed this.
Thanks for posting this thoughtful piece. I especially like your point about not fighting the grief waves. For a while now, I’ve been trying to listen to them rather than suppress them. I think our society treat grief like a pathology to cure, but since losing Obie, I’ve come to believe that it’s an expression of love’s continuation.
Oh so well written!!