Chapter 6: The Love That Made This Loss Love is strange. It can be the most profound force in the world, powerful enough to create life, and yet, it cannot always protect what it creates. I feel it everywhere, in every ache and heartbeat, in every thought and memory. This love, ours, is what brought…

Chapter 5: The Gaping Hole There is a space inside me now that no one else can see, a hollow that stretches wide and deep, carved out by grief. It is a gaping hole, one that swallows me whole in quiet moments, in crowded rooms, in the middle of a mundane day. It is not…

Chapter 4: Everyday Landmines Grief has a way of sneaking up on you when you least expect it. It doesn’t announce itself. It doesn’t politely knock at the door of your mind. It hides in the corners of your day, in the quiet moments, in the ordinary routines, and then it explodes when you are…

Chapter 3: The Anger That Isn’t Yours I never knew grief could come with such fire. I knew it would hurt. I knew it would be heavy. But I didn’t know it could make me so angry, so feral, so out of control. And the person who bears the brunt of it is the one…

Chapter 2: The Weeks I Still Count Time doesn’t move the same way after loss. I look at the calendar and each week is a reminder of what could have been. I find myself doing the math, silently marking the days in my mind, the milestones, the growth that should have been. If everything had…

Chapter 1: The Echo of “Non-Viable” They said it so casually, almost like it was a fact to be noted in a chart: non-viable. I can’t stop hearing it. Non-viable. Non-viable. Those two words echo endlessly in my head, rolling over and over like a storm I can’t escape. Every time I close my eyes,…