11/24/2025
As the holidays draw near, this is an important reminder for anyone who's been impacted by loss. Make space for your grief. Allow yourself to feel it and, most importantly, be loving and gentle with yourself. 🧡
There is an original identification of the loss : the death of a loved one, the recognition that a parent will not be the parent you wished they would, the ending of a friendship that you wanted to maintain. You might feel big feelings when the above happens or when you acknowledge the loss for the first time. But it’s not one and done.
The loss of that loved one, maybe a parent, shows up in the moments you wish they were present for. Your graduation. Your wedding. A hard time in your life when you’d normally have turned to them for guidance. The birth of your first child. These moments, and endless others, bring you back into contact with that original loss…just slightly differently.
So today I offer you the reminder that grief doesn’t just happen once. It happens every time you come back into contact with the loss. And in those moments you will likely also feel some big feelings — make space for them. But also know that every time you feel, you’re also healing. Tender. Gentle.
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