This is such a great piece, Liz. It's so interesting to hear you talk about grieving the change of your 2-year-old as they grow. When I was a child, I can distinctly remember being aware of the fact that life might never be the same as it was that summer, that year in grade 3, etc., but I never stopped to think about whether my mom and dad might've been feeling the same thing, too. Life comes full circle in such unexpected ways. And love the book update - can't wait to see the playlist!
Liz thank you for writing this. It has brought me so much comfort and I was nodding along as I read this. You expressed my thoughts and feelings. As I navigate grief from losing my mum this has brought me comfort. Grief is complex and it’s massive waves that are ever changing. I watched a YouTube video which simplified it for, it’s said grief is an emotional reaction to a change you didn’t want. It’s helped me process things as it’s such a simple explanation and validation for my thoughts and emotions. You’ve included empowering quotes from substack writers on here their words are powerful. Also loved your book update!! So exciting ❤️❤️❤️
Kathryn thank you so much for this thoughtful response! It means so much to me that this helped you feel seen and understood. That is such a good way of putting it, I love that such a helpful framing, especially when it is in like every aspect of life! It is such a vast and complex thing we experience and it never really goes away just changes over time for sure. Your post about your experience with your mom passing was so touching and real thank you for posting that!! Ty friend 🥹🙏🏽💖 sending hugs!
This is such a great piece, Liz. It's so interesting to hear you talk about grieving the change of your 2-year-old as they grow. When I was a child, I can distinctly remember being aware of the fact that life might never be the same as it was that summer, that year in grade 3, etc., but I never stopped to think about whether my mom and dad might've been feeling the same thing, too. Life comes full circle in such unexpected ways. And love the book update - can't wait to see the playlist!
Liz thank you for writing this. It has brought me so much comfort and I was nodding along as I read this. You expressed my thoughts and feelings. As I navigate grief from losing my mum this has brought me comfort. Grief is complex and it’s massive waves that are ever changing. I watched a YouTube video which simplified it for, it’s said grief is an emotional reaction to a change you didn’t want. It’s helped me process things as it’s such a simple explanation and validation for my thoughts and emotions. You’ve included empowering quotes from substack writers on here their words are powerful. Also loved your book update!! So exciting ❤️❤️❤️
Kathryn thank you so much for this thoughtful response! It means so much to me that this helped you feel seen and understood. That is such a good way of putting it, I love that such a helpful framing, especially when it is in like every aspect of life! It is such a vast and complex thing we experience and it never really goes away just changes over time for sure. Your post about your experience with your mom passing was so touching and real thank you for posting that!! Ty friend 🥹🙏🏽💖 sending hugs!
“I think the hard truth is that we have to grieve past versions of ourselves in order to grow.”
Thank you for quoting me and this is so true!!!! Grief is so complicated and sometimes we don’t even know what we are grieving
🥹🥹🥹🥹 thank you so much!!! I wanted to quote the whole post haha! Yes that is exactly it, it’s so layered and can be trick to navigate for sure.