Jo, via emailI am so glad you have written to me. Because my message to you is one of optimism and hope. Things are horrible for you at the moment, and I’m so sorry that’s the case.
But they are going to get better. Maybe slowly, but surely, certainly – and irreversibly. Let’s start with your double bereavement.
Dreadful. But the thing about grief, Jo, is that it lessens. Not measurably each day or week or month, but in small and unexpected incremental jolts.
One wakes up on certain mornings and, quite unexpectedly, the pain has diminished, if only by a little. Trust me. I speak not only from deep personal experience, but also from that of others.
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