Grief

Grief delivers a palpable weight of sorrow to our hearts, and the timing and lifespan of the visitation is mostly mysterious and unknowable. As tempting as it would be to try to shield ourselves from the pain of heartache, it is precisely our heart’s openness that allows us to feel the natural and necessary brokenness that comes from loss. The measure of our grief is a valiant testimony to our capacity to love. Grateful Living can help remind us that it is precisely those things we appreciate and treasure most which open us to experience grief and loss. To feel, live, and love fully anyway — in the face of this sorrow — is to shape a life worthy of the greatest love we have cherished, and the big, tender heart of the world.