What I’ve Learned in 11 Months of Grief and Sadness

Here’s how to raise yourself out of the darkness.

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This year has been rough. Sometimes I find myself crying at the most unexpected times.

I experienced loss and heartbreak at the beginning of 2021, and it feels like the rest of the year was solely about finding a new way to live. There seemed to be nothing else going on for months except deep healing.

I won’t know until more time has passed whether I am still in the cocoon or whether I’ve finally started to fly, but it feels like I have transformed into something new. I am someone I could never have been without knowing this person who died suddenly. I’m so grateful that he came into my life.

I have always been determined to turn my pain into something useful for someone else, and I encourage you to do the same. Part of this process for me is writing about it in case it helps someone out there who is going through the same thing. I’ve learned a lot about myself and about human emotions.

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