What follows are the words of an anonymous, elderly gentleman in the United States. He was responding to a desperate online plea that simply asked:
“My friend just died. I don’t know what to do”
His words are a heartfelt reflection of what it is to endure loss, to survive grief, and to be human. These words are posted here without alteration:
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‘Grief’ is a short word, a fairly gentle sounding word, but it is a word that holds an ocean of despair in its grasp, shattered hearts in its sound, a sense of loss that tears at the very core of your being and, in its wake, no way of knowing how to move forward or how long the pain will last. It is about losing someone that you love. It is about love that is lost.
