Grief is an emotion I’m intimately familiar with.

It can grip you from the inside and feel like it’s tearing your heart and soul to shreds. Surrendering to it can feel like diving into a deep pit with no bottom, only to be swallowed by darkness.

I’ve recently experienced a significant loss; I won’t get into the specifics, but what I do want to share is that I had been holding onto my management of this grief ever so tightly.