How you navigate grief may depend on many factors, for example, the significance of your loss or the emotional tools you have available, or the support people you have around you.
Grief can stay with you for the rest of your life but take heart that it’ll likely change over time. That’s the nature of grieving.
“The Ball in the Box” analogy is a brilliant description by Lauren Herschel to explain why grief can hurt so much at first, and then over time, abate to become a small minuscule dot.
Brent has found this to be extremely helpful personally; and equally foundational when journeying alongside a family and sharing at a poignant time of loss, as either a Funeral Celebrant or Funeral Director.
Remembering grief is not linear however, the grieving process is unique to you.
And because you’ve gone back to some old routines, or new ones, this doesn’t mean you have forgotten about your loss or that you care less about it. For it could still hurt when you’re confronted by the reality of it.
Especially when you have to go through all the firsts.
Embrace that some healing is taking place.
And that living with grief is possible.