Grief is a Passage, not a Place to Stay

Miranda Hernandez

I’ve seen this quote in many places, and it has always felt wrong to me. Especially if we acknowledge grief as tied intrinsically to love, then we understand that grief can’t be a passage; grief simply is.

“Grief is a passage, not a place to stay.”
Rewritten: Grief IS.

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Tags: Truths about grief, Grief lasts forever because that's how long love lasts, Platitudes rewritten, Graphics for child loss and grief

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