Grief

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An emotion so elusive
scholars strive to corral
grief into a neat progression
of five steps

Laughable — when not
encapsulated by perpetual mourning

floating

clinging to any hope
to ground you

Inspired by an article a friend of mine sent me about a new way to look at grief. Many of us grew up with Elisabeth Kubler-Ross’ model as the authority, but Pauline Boss has a more real and healing way to experience grief. Most importantly, she addresses incomplete or lingering losses which many of us experience with progressive illness or unfinished “business.”See recently published https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/15/magazine/grieving-loss-closure.html

©2021 Mary Keating