6 Powerful Grief Metaphors That Help You Make Sense of Life After Loss

Because when you’re grieving… a picture can be far better than a thousand words

Grief is often too big, too complex, or too layered for plain language.

When we say “I miss them,” we might mean something like, “I’m trying to figure out how to carry them with me without feeling weighed down.”

When we say, “I’m not sure how I feel,” we might mean something like, “I’m trying to rebuild from a life that loss destroyed and everything feels weird and alien.”

When we say, “I’m having a hard day today,” we m...