06/12/2026
One of the greatest privileges of being a therapist is walking alongside people through some of the hardest chapters of their lives.
Recently, I've been working with several widows, and I've been struck by what grief truly asks of us.
From the outside, grief looks like sadness. But when you sit with someone in it, you realize it's so much more.
It's waking up every day and choosing to keep moving when life looks nothing like you planned.
It's learning how to carry love and loss at the same time.
It's finding the courage to imagine a future that you never expected to have.
I've watched these women do the incredibly hard work of mourning what was while slowly becoming curious about what could be.
Not because they forgot.
Not because they stopped loving.
Not because the loss became less significant.
But because healing eventually creates enough space for new possibilities to enter the story.
What amazes me is that as they have healed, I've watched them discover new strengths, new relationships, new passions, and new versions of themselves they never knew existed.
The loss remains part of their story.
But it is no longer the entire story.
I think that's true for all of us.
Sometimes we become so focused on a painful chapter that we stop turning the page. We stay stuck in what was lost and miss what is trying to emerge.
Healing doesn't mean leaving the past behind.
It means carrying it with you while remaining open to what comes next.
So if you're grieving, if you've experienced a loss, or if life has unfolded differently than you hoped, know this:
There may be more to your story than you can see right now.
There may be joy you haven't met yet.
People you haven't connected with yet.
Adventures you haven't experienced yet.
Parts of yourself you haven't discovered yet.
Keep turning the page.
The next chapter may hold more beauty than you can imagine.
❤️
