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I sent this essay to a loved one I've been talking to regularly through the pandemic, who is clearly grieving, but having a hard time naming it as such, and also having trouble understanding how other folks' shapes of grief are different. I haven't had a chance to discuss it with them yet; I hope it helps.
I cried a little reading this. Definitely feeling emotionally maxed out these days.
I hear you, Sarah. It's so much.
I sent this essay to a loved one I've been talking to regularly through the pandemic, who is clearly grieving, but having a hard time naming it as such, and also having trouble understanding how other folks' shapes of grief are different. I haven't had a chance to discuss it with them yet; I hope it helps.