There are "stages" of grief (denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance) and I find myself going through each one, several times a day. I have been told I am grieving in a "healthy" way as long as I do not get "stuck" in any one stage. But, goodness, it is such an exhausting roller coaster to be on. This quote below seems to sum up, in better words that I can put together, how I often feel about the grief process.
"For in grief nothing 'stays put.' One keeps on emerging from a phase, but it always recurs. Round and round. Everything repeats. Am I going in circles, or dare I hope I am on a spiral? But if a spiral, am I going up or down it? How often - will it be for always? - how often will the vast emptiness astonish me like a complete novelty and make me say, 'I never realized my loss till this moment'? The same leg is cut off time after time." (C.S. Lewis)
"For in grief nothing 'stays put.' One keeps on emerging from a phase, but it always recurs. Round and round. Everything repeats. Am I going in circles, or dare I hope I am on a spiral? But if a spiral, am I going up or down it? How often - will it be for always? - how often will the vast emptiness astonish me like a complete novelty and make me say, 'I never realized my loss till this moment'? The same leg is cut off time after time." (C.S. Lewis)
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