Lessons from writing my way through the grief of losing my partner:

- it’s okay if it isn’t perfect.
- your story is yours. No one can take it away.
- it’s okay to cry.
- people who weren’t there won’t get it.
- judgement says more about them than you.

#grief #loss #writingcommunity

Every week since my partner died, I write an entry on how I'm feeling and coping with his loss in real time. It's been 5 weeks today. #love #loss #grief #writingcommunity

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Almost nine years ago, my first date with my late partner was the #yychotchocolatefest. This feels bittersweet- we made a point to try as many of them as we could every February. This is the first year without him. #grief #loss

There are a lot of things that suck about losing someone you love. And the worst part is losing the person you were with them and knowing no one will ever see that version of you again.
#grief #loss #love

#quoteoftheday #qotd #heathersquoteoftheday
#griefquotes

Today has been one month since my partner died. I'm still struggling, still trying to make sense of the world, and still not sure who I'm supposed to be now. I've been writing every week as a way to cope. This is the hardest thing I've ever gone through - and I'm only 32.

#grief #loss #writing

You can hear about losing a partner - but you don't feel them until the bottom drops out of your heart and your life is changed forever. #grief #loss #caregiving #writing

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Two weeks ago, the man I loved died from a terminal illness.

I’ve been writing my way through the #grief and trying to understand #caregiving, #anger, and #love when you don't have a chance to say goodbye.

The Day You Died ⬇️
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Today is Christmas, as a gift to myself, I wrote a story about a woman who goes missing, isn’t hurt, isn’t locked in, and isn’t believed — because nothing happened the way people expect it to.
It’s about credibility, grief, and stories that don’t work.
#domestichorror #shortstory #kindle

Today, nothing happened. It was a good day, and a day for breathing and remembering the simple things.
#grief #mentalhealth #caregiving #love

I gave the best and hardest years of my life to someone I loved. And when I fell apart, they turned away.

I wrote a letter he'll never read—about love, grief, and caregiving in the shadows. About everything I wish he could know.

#caregiving #grief #mentalhealth #writing #personalessay

I'm writing letters to the void for the people like me who had no one when they were caring for everyone else. In this series, I talk about #caregiving, #mentalhealth, #burnout, #motherhood. These are things that I wish I had known.
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Most people think grief begins after death.

Caregivers know that it begins long before that, when you see someone slowly fade away.

I wrote about the slow, exhausting heartbreak of loving someone through that - and how people misunderstand.

#caregiving #grief #anticipatorygrief #mentalhealth

8 years together - 6 of those watching him fade from an incurable disease. Sleepless nights, painful memories, love that wasn’t enough. I wrote it all in my series Letters to the Void - a story of grief, caregiving, and love. #grief #caregiving #letterstothevoid