Grief ends up giving you the two best things: softness and illumination.

Grief, she reminded herself, is almost always for the mourner's loss.

Grief, she reminded herself, is almost always for the mourner's loss.

One of the worst things about burying a child is the stress of wondering.

When things get really bad, you take comfort in the placeness of a place.

When things get really bad, you take comfort in the placeness of a place.

My grief has burrowed into me like a dark thing that eats away at my life.

Thus heaven's gift to us is this: That habit takes the place of bliss.

In days that follow, I discover that anger is easier to handle than grief.

In days that follow, I discover that anger is easier to handle than grief.

Bereavement is a darkness impenetrable to the imagination of the unbereaved

Grief is one illness that defies all remedies; it must ever run its course.

Grief embraced him and welcomed him back, showering tears upon his arrival.

Grief embraced him and welcomed him back, showering tears upon his arrival.

I wish I believed him. He's looking at me like he can see where I begin.