10/18/2026
Grief isn’t only the funeral or the first few weeks. 🕯️
it’s the snack you put back. the voicemail you replay. the text you start before you remember. the moments nobody sees, that almost everyone who has lost someone knows by heart.
nothing on these carousel means you’re stuck. it means you loved someone, and that love is still looking for somewhere to go.
grief doesn’t really get smaller. your life slowly grows around it. 🌿 (that idea comes from Lois Tonkin’s “growing around grief” model.)
a few things we often remind the people we work with:
• you can laugh and still be grieving. both can be true in the same minute.
• it’s okay to say their name out loud. most people are waiting for permission.
• there’s no timeline. a hard day months or years later isn’t a step backward.
and grief looks different in every family and every culture. there’s no one right way to carry it. 🤍
save this for the hard days. send it to someone who needs to hear it.
when you’re ready to talk it through, we’re here.
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