Grief Talk With Joe in the Bus

01/05/2026

People don’t always ask how you are because they want to know.

Sometimes they’re hoping you’ll say,
“I’m okay.”

And if you can’t say that today,
you don’t owe them a different answer.

Silence is an answer too.

I.R.💜

01/05/2026

No one talks about how lonely grief really is. Not the kind of lonely that comes from being alone, but the kind that follows you even when you’re surrounded by people. The kind where everyone else’s world keeps moving while yours stands still. You learn to smile so others don’t feel uncomfortable. You nod and say “I’m okay” even when your heart is barely holding together.

The truth is, most people can’t see the weight you carry. They don’t see how your chest tightens when you hear their name, or how your eyes scan every room for a sign that they’re somehow still here. They don’t know that some nights you fall asleep crying into your pillow because there’s nowhere else to put the pain.

You carry a love that still has no place to go. And even when the world forgets, you never do. You remember in the quiet, in the stillness, in the way you hold their memory like a sacred part of your soul.

You are not weak for hurting. You are not broken for remembering. You are someone who has loved deeply and lost greatly, and that kind of strength is something no one can see from the outside.

What’s something you wish people understood about the loneliness that comes with grief?

01/04/2026

01/04/2026

Please tune in tomorrow to “Grief Talk with Joe in the Bus” at 11am Pacific live on this page and Joe Stinson Page.

Host Joe Stinson will discuss “Too Much Grief Info is Causing Confusion and Stress”. Hope to see you!

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Host Joe Stinson played in the Band Touch of Grey Trio last night at Winters

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