There is grief, and there is mourning, and they are not the same. Both are hard in their own ways, but mourning can be a sweet medicine, a soothing balm that, little by little, helps us integrate our loss, and find new meaning in our lives.
We can’t stop grief and we wouldn’t want to. “The only way out is through”, some say, and that may be true.
“A Mother’s Love & Loss: Finding Peace after the Death of a Son, Daughter (or Grandchild)”