Grief doesn’t always roar. Sometimes it shows up in the stillness. In the sound that used to be laughter. In the conversations that no longer happen. In the void after a phone call that will never come again. Grief has a way of muting the world—not in volume, but in meaning. It causes even theContinue reading “The Silence Around Me – When Grief Mutes the World”
Monthly Archives: January 2026
When Grief Is the Companion You Didn’t Ask For
Grief is not always loud. It does not always wear black or carry flowers. Sometimes it shows up unannounced, quiet and unrelenting, settling beside you in the most ordinary moments—pouring your morning coffee, folding a shirt, driving past a familiar street. It doesn’t knock. It doesn’t ask. It just arrives—and stays. We often treat griefContinue reading “When Grief Is the Companion You Didn’t Ask For”
Time Heals All Wounds… But It Does Not
There is a phrase often whispered through grief’s corridors, handed down like a balm for broken souls: “Time heals all wounds.” At first glance, it sounds reassuring—a promise that the ache in our chest will ease, the tears will eventually stop, and the silence left behind by loss will soften into peace. But when griefContinue reading “Time Heals All Wounds… But It Does Not”
Carrying Grief Into New Beginnings
There is a misconception that when a “new beginning” comes—a new year, a new job, a new relationship, a new chapter—grief must be buried, packed away, or “gotten over.” But the truth is this: grief comes with you. It packs itself into the quiet corners of transition and makes its presence known even in momentsContinue reading “Carrying Grief Into New Beginnings”
