On Grief
Grief is such a multi-faceted experience. You might grieve the loss of a lover after a break-up or the loss of a friend once the friendship fades. You might grieve an experience that's long buried in the past or an experience you never even had. You might grieve opportunities missed, choices that should not have been made, and possible futures that never grew into their potential. I have experienced all of these types of grief: deeply, passively, and somewhere in between. I imagined, that with the fullness of the way my heart grieved for the people, places, and hopes that were once in my life, I knew grief. I knew where I feel it acutely and where I don't. Grief for the broken relationship between my ex and I, for example, lies next to my bedroom window, when I look up to find the stars at night. Grief for the future I wanted two years ago sits somewhere on a train, in a window seat. Grief for my best friend, who is no longer my best friend, rolls gently with the waves on a be