“There is some kind of a sweet innocence in being human—in not having to be just happy or just sad—in the nature of being able to be both broken and whole, at the same time.” ~C. JoyBell C. “I just feel like it’s never ending… like I should be more over it by now,” my friend says, her eyes looking down at her mug of tea. She lost a loved one three years ago in tragic circumstances. Her words make me sad, and there are layers to my sadness: I’m sad for her loss, her grief, for the difficulty she … Continue reading It’s a Myth That We Can Just “Get Over” Pain and Loss