What has your experience been of loss or grief?

The deepest losses suck the energy out of me like reverse footage of a car exhaust....the ache in the sad, heavy occlusion of mental clarity monsoons into a primal gash of a wail and few but deep tears.....after I got divorced, I was so overcome, I fell like a stone down the stairs on two occasions....I was no longer living under the same roof as my son.....

Because my mother faded gradually, the process extended like pulled sticky toffee and felt milder but for longer...she died in my arms... I was full of joy for the ease of her passing....

When helping another through the task of mourning I tend to say less but make my breathing slightly more audible as an anchor tethered to my presence.

If you want some stuff on the tasks of mourning, I'll be happy to post up later.

Warmly, Jon x