Grief & Time

I worked with a girl who I am now social media friends with.

That sounds so weird, and not at all personable.

Such is life.

A few weeks ago, she had a miscarriage.

Her grief has taken over.

She posts daily that her grief is just unbearable.

She has also been sick with infections that they can't seem to treat just right.

She is miserable.

Yesterday, she posted: "Time heals everything, right?"

I responded:

"No, sweet girl. It doesn't. Your grief is real. It's there for a reason. You are a mama to an angel and your grief helps you remember her. Yes, time can teach us lessons and we can use those lessons to find joy and to bring other people joy, but time does not heal everything."

The Savior does.

Grief is a real part of life.

It's natural and normal to have grief, and to endure each cycle of grief over and over and over again.

And, it is a cycle.

I find myself having so many good days in a row, then BOOM... I'm back in sadness or confusion or anger.

It's NORMAL.