Hi everyone! It’s Melinda. Welcome to Melinda’s Grief Corner! MGC comes out twice a month on Sundays. If this is your first time here, be sure to check out past posts to learn more about the inspiration behind this new Article Club feature and read about other grief-y topics I’ve covered with resources I’ve shared!
Spoiler alert - this a newsletter that isn’t a newsletter at all! When I sat down to write this week’s MGC entry and to record a video for it, I couldn’t think of anything to say. Grievers know that grief is always around, always filling the air, always lurking in the shadows, always by your side. So there are certainly plenty of things I could discuss or reflect upon for all of you.
But I didn’t want to force it. I didn’t want to try to push words onto a Google Doc just because I know every two weeks MGC comes out. Instead, I wanted to give space to the fact that right now I couldn’t create a newsletter. And that’s ok. The words will come back in due time.
So this a just a tiny reminder from me to you to take a break. Don’t force it. If you’re grieving and today you just need the space to cry, then do that. Don’t force yourself to smile. And if you’re grieving and you feel like should feel a certain way - don’t feel that way. You don’t have to be a puddle on the floor. You can just be how you are today. Again don’t force it. Take a breath. Grief (and sometimes newsletters!) don’t move on an exact timeline.
Big hugs until next time,
Melinda
Love this. I needed this kind of comfort without even knowing. Thank you.