08/30/2026
There is no “getting over” grief.
There is no finish line where you stop missing them, stop loving them, or finally leave them behind.
Grief stays with us because love stays with us.
Yes, grief can change with time. We can learn how to live alongside it. We can laugh again, experience joy again, love again, and build a life that holds so much more than our loss.
But that doesn’t mean grief disappears.
There may still be days, months or years later, when their absence feels impossibly heavy. A memory can still catch you off guard. An anniversary can still hurt. You can still desperately wish they were here.
That isn’t a failure to heal.
Because healing was never supposed to mean becoming unaffected by the loss of someone who mattered so deeply.
We don’t “move on” and leave them behind.
We move forward carrying the reality that they lived, that they died, that we miss them — and that we still love them.
Some days that feels beautiful.
And some days it still really hurts. 🤍
