Twas the night before Thanksgiving
and all through the house, not a creature was stirring
not even our cat, but I could not sleep.
Then the news came via Facebook posts
one more friend had passed away
one more loss
one more heartache
one more wave of pain and sadness.
Grieving is not easy
it hurts
it angers
it is never the same
it goes away
when it is ready
Grieving is not easy.
You have to be brave
to feel the pain
to feel the emotions
to not stuff it or
try to medicate it, but
just to stand brave
as the waves of grief
wash over and through you.
When we are lucky, it is that one loss
but sometimes the losses are many
and the pain feels crippling,
but even then we put on our armor
and be brave, as we
fight through the emotions,
letting them crash on us and over us
and know that we are stronger then
all the waves of grief
Then one day we are standing
and there is a calm
and the waves are gone
and we are not quite sure
how we made it through
But we did because
We are brave
And then we give thanks
for bringing us through
for having the strength
to be brave in the grief.