Grief

Grief is an extremely personal and lonely journey. It’s an adventure you didn’t want to go on and wish you could have the control to end. It’s a parent on their knees begging for a trade, a sibling crumpled in a heap of tears, a friend thinking it could of been them. 

Each individual needs to find a way to grieve in a way that’s healthy for them. It’s confusing, and messy and you feel like no one understands what you’re going through. You compare your grief to others around you. Maybe you try and tell yourself that you can’t feel sad because someone else must feel worse. We can all be sad. We can all grieve the lives lost even if we never met these young men. And your grieving journey is just as important as any other.

Grief knows no judgement. People going through grief should do the same. Grief is not to be compared, or prioritized, it just is. 

Grief should be a community created with the intention to heal. To laugh after the tears have dried, or to cry when the laughter stops. A place made up of lonely, misunderstood, non judgemental people that find comfort in each other. 

Grief should be a unity of those who’s hands we can still hold. 

Much Love,

Megan