Seasons of Grief

When you hear of the word grief what comes to mind? Is it a funeral? Dying?

Grief is so much broader than that is happens whe things end. It can happen in larger ending like a death, an ending relationship or as you watch your body change as you age.

But did you know grief can happen during the happy times? Grief can happen doors open for you? As your baby grows as that season of babyhood, toddler good, kindergarten and childhood closes and ends.

Grief can happen when you get that promotion and you are celebrating the new growth but your going to miss your old comrade the familiarity of your old desk or your old tasks.

Grief is a part of life it is an acknowledgement of change and a feeling that shouldn't be ignored or Numbed. To grieve is to be human. To grieve is to celebrate where we were and what we had. It is to celebrate the growth that brought us to where we are and what we will miss. Just like fall it is beautiful then becomes dark and bare but we know Bright days will come again.

Grief is the hearts way of healing and pruning to prepare for the spring. We should feel it talk with our friends and family and our creator God through it and it will allow us to celebrate all the more as healing comes and we see spring arrive in our hearts again.

Nothing is better than when you start to see those first few blossoms in the spring so is a heart properly healed after grief.