The natural human response to the death of someone you love is grief. Usually, grief is experienced as a process. Being in process is making changes through a series of steps or actions over a period of time.

Some of your steps in grief will be small and you might not even notice you are moving forward. Other steps will be bigger and you will recognize them as turning points. Eventually times will come, as you take action in your grief process, when you know you have changed and are feeling better (I know this may be hard to believe right now).

Because the process of grief happens over an extended period of time it actually becomes a journey. The “journey of grief” is a phrase often used to describe the experience of grief. The word journey has positive associations for most people because the end of a journey is usually good. Ending a journey commonly means you have arrived someplace you sought to be or you have returned home.

The journey of grief is an important life process for anyone. However, everyone experiences their grief and feelings differently. There are as many unique ways of grieving as there are people on the planet. Your way through grief will be uniquely right for you.

You may have heard the saying, knowledge is power. In the experience and journey of grief, however, I believe knowledge is comforting. I hope it comforts you to know what you might generally expect in grief during this time of loss. Hopefully by returning here often to read new postings and comments from other grievers you can get the information you need to begin or continue your grief journey more easily.

Right now it is important to know, as you take steps in your unique process of grief, there will be many twists and turns & ups and downs as you begin/continue moving forward in this very important journey.

Sincerely sending you Peace & Love,

Tricia