Grief

 Brene Brown was reflecting on the COVID devastation -

"Often a number like 500,000 seems too big to get our heads and hearts around. The loss seems incomprehensible. But as our friends, family, and neighbors reckon with their grief, and do so without funerals and many of the important witnessing rituals that are part of our healing, it's important to remind them that they are seen, loved, and not alone".

and she also posted this quote from author David Kessler- 

“Each person's grief is as unique as their fingerprint. But what everyone has in common is that no matter how they grieve, they share a need for their grief to be witnessed. That doesn't mean needing someone to try to lessen it or reframe it for them. The need is for someone to be fully present to the magnitude of their loss without trying to point out the silver lining.” —David Kessler

Thought these words were quite powerful- acknowledging that grief isn't a linear path, that it looks different for each individual, and that often what is needed most is for someone to be [fully] present- right there in the muckity muck.

Hoping we can all turn virtual hugs into real ones later this year...