![]() ![]() No matter how prepared you think you are for a death, you can never be fully prepared for the loss and the grief.Ģ. If you finish this post and you’re annoyed about all the things we forgot, leave a comment to keep the list going! I wish someone had told me…ġ. So, with your help, that is what we have today: a quick and dirty list of the things we wish we had known about grief before we knew anything about grief. If it’s in quotes, it’s something one of our fabulous readers shared with us on Twitter or Facebook. So, we think back to the basics. Not the theory stuff, not the ideas about how to cope… just the really basic things that people never tell you about grief. ![]() We think about grief a lot around here… We write about types of grief, grief theory, personal reflections, creative expression for coping with grief, practical ideas for managing grief, and on and on and on. But there are some days that all that seems like a lot to take in. 64 Things, Lists, Unique Nature of Grief, Is this Normal?, Grief Articles for Beginners ![]()
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