Purple Feeling- Grief

At my first therapy session with a grief counsellor, I asked him how I could get through this process faster. I wanted to max out my grief- so that I could get it over with, and move on with my life. My therapist laughed and said, “It may never be over.”

My own experience of grief was one of being pounded by the waves of a raging ocean. I spend enormous energy just trying to breathe and stay afloat.

'Waves of Grief' is a dedication to lost loved ones. It's a dedication to my grief for them. A grief that ebbs and flows and never stops. For a while, all you can do is just hang on for dear life.

As time goes on, I worry less and less about a wave of sadness rising up and overwhelming me, taking me by surprise, embarrassing me, or dampening other moments in my life.

If you've caught the purple feeling of Grief, know that the waves will probably never stop coming. Some of them will be calm; ones that you can easily float over. And you'll survive. Some of them will be strong; ones that will crash over you without mercy. They'll wash over you and you'll come out on the other side breathless, soaking wet and disoriented.

But you'll survive them too.