A Hole in the World: Finding Hope in Rituals of Grief and Healing

by Amanda Held Opelt

I’m not sure I would put this weight down even if I could. I think of the people I’ve lost. I loved them. I still love them. To say it was easy or that I was past it would be to diminish the love we shared. Because of my love for them, I will endure the long, slow, plodding toll of grief.21