We have this idea that there are only two options in grief: to be sad forever and never leave the house, or to put all this sadness behind you and go on to live a fabulous life. But the reality is far broader: you are neither doomed to eternal sadness nor forced into a model of recovery that can never fit you. There is a vast middle ground between those two extremes. That middle ground of grief can be made only by you—you, living as best you can in alignment with what you know to be true, for yourself, with love as your guide and companion.
