The Unquiet Bones

by Loreth Anne White

This purgatory takes a toll in so many subversive ways. It sparks fissures through even the most solid of families. It carves off friends. Erodes confidence. Shatters a sense of self. Sabotages one’s job.

Grief

there’s this perception that the world is moving on, yet you are unable to move with it, and this creates feelings of dissonance and isolation.

In the context of ambiguous loss, “closure” is a myth . . . We should not be forced to chase closure. What we need to find are ways to coexist with our complex feelings,