Waimea Canyon State Park, Kauai, Hawaii (Miranda Hernandez)

Write Your Grief

Prompts from the Refuge
in Grief Writing Program

In January of 2018, I was foundering. I had just moved to a new city, I was sad and lonely, and I felt torn between throwing myself into the world and cuddling around my grief as the only thing that felt familiar to me.

A few months prior, a friend had mentioned a writing program that she felt helped her explore her grief. At the time, I was writing so much I didn’t think I needed any additional prompting, but I kept it in mind.

In January of 2018, I was reminded of this program, and I decided I needed to try something new. The following posts are the result of my thirty days of participation in this course, plus a handful of the monthly prompts that followed. Some entries are long, some are short. Some are 3rd or 4th or 7th drafts. A few days, I didn’t write at all, although I always read every prompt and sat with it. Writing can be painful. It was a pain I needed.

If you are interested in trying this course for yourself, please visit Refuge in Grief. I highly recommend it.

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Write Your Grief Round 1

Write Your Grief 2018-2020

Write Your Grief Round 1.5

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