A spouse. A parent. A grandparent. A friend. A dog. A job. Hope. A dream.
It is almost inevitable that, at some time, we will experience the loss of someone or something significant in our lives. We tend to think of ‘bereavement’ concerning the loss of someone we love.
But the pain of the loss of a pet, a job, a dream, cannot be sneezed at. Whoever – or whatever – has died, the well of sadness may feel so deep that we can no longer envision a future – never mind one that is free of pain.
Let us together consider whether the assumption that there is no future (and certainly not a pain-free one) is a valid one.
I invite you to consider my suggestion that, although your future has been incontrovertibly altered, it has not in fact been suspended.
I do not ask you to stop grieving. I merely ask you to engage in conversation about your grief. Give me a call, and let’s do it.