Day 8: “The Compounding Nature of Grief”
Why is it that grief builds
The first time you lose someone you love it’s crushing
Devastating
Earth-shattering
The second time, it’s all of that
Plus unbelievable sadness,
Pain
At two lives lost
When the third time happens, it’s building off of all of it
It’s pain on top of pain on top of pain
And it’s not like you have ignored your grief
You’ve felt it
But somehow there’s always more
The fourth time, it’s guilt
It’s wishing you could have been closer
Feeling for others more than yourself
And feeling for the grief from before
The fifth time, it’s soul-crushing
It’s the deepest pain
It’s almost unbearable
It’s horrific
It’s pain from before,
Pain for others
For your family
Pain for the future
Pain for the pain that brought about this pain
It hurts
Faking It Made 