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Each brave in our own way…. © Chelsea Ohlemill

Each brave in our own way….

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It takes time to see beyond those last breaths and

It takes time to see beyond those last breaths and final heartbeats. It takes time to see beyond the destruction and forever absence you’ve been left with.
Grief takes time.

It takes time to see them beyond the sickness and the disease. It takes time to remember them before they became frail and actively dying.
Grief takes time.

It takes time to step back into life and into a world that has already forgotten about your loss. It takes time to step forward knowing with each step you’re walking away from the life that included the one you lost.
Grief takes time.

It takes time to breathe again, let alone smile or laugh or rejoice. It takes time to live again, making memories with those that remain. It takes time to let go of what you can’t change while holding on tightly so you never forget.
Grief takes time.

It takes time to comprehend the loss and even longer to accept it.
It takes time to learn how to carry the weight of everything that remains while also carrying the weight of regret.
It takes time to stop wishing for the clock hand to move backwards and for the ability to travel back in time, when they were here with you.
Grief takes time.

It takes time to recover. It takes time to heal. Knowing neither of these things are completely achievable.
Grief takes time.

It takes time to see more of the love and less of the loss.
It takes time to see the beauty and not only the brokenness.
It takes time to feel the hope more than the heartbreak.
It takes time to be filled with more reminiscence than emptiness.
It takes time to journey through grief with both a shattered and grateful heart.

It takes time.
Grief takes time.

xox, Chels
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Grief changed me. © Chelsea Ohlemiller: www.hope

Grief changed me.
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A moment in time that now separates everything. #g

A moment in time that now separates everything. #grief

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As a person consumed with grief I’ve found that

As a person consumed with grief I’ve found that people treat me like I’m some kind of bomb that is about to explode, like some kind of grenade that’s pin has already been pulled and it’s one toss from full destruction. Like I’m fragile and scary. Like I’m dangerous and uncomfortable. Like I’m too many unknowns and full of instability.

I lost my mom and then had to endure the consequences of that loss, which meant losing more than my mother. It meant losing pieces of myself, portions of my future, and people that had once always been there. People run from natural disasters and grief is one of them. They want to comfort and support and assist but also, the discomfort of all of that makes it easy to disappear. It makes things complicated. Like both sets of people are trying to shed the pain, heartbreak and harsh truths but it doesn’t work that way.

Even the most confident souls before grief become riddled with doubt and confusion. We stand raw and broken for everyone to see while each person that looks tries to ignore the bleeding souls that stand before them. I didn’t want to hold grief. I didn’t want a life that didn’t include my mother. I didn’t want to be this metaphorical bomb in the lives of those that surround me, but here I am.

I know my ache is uncomfortable. I know my longing is visible. I know I have been reduced to crumbled bits of what I was before. I know I’ve lost my spark, my fun and my charisma. I know those truths more than you do, believe me. In losing her, everything has changed. Me. My friends. My support system. My future. Every single thing.

I wish I didn’t look like the movies standing before you as the hollowed shell of a person holding the most sensitive piece of destruction. The type of scene where onlookers look in both fear and pity. The kind of scene that looks like only failure and casualties. This is what grief does. It breaks you and makes everyone around you debilitated by terror and sympathy.

I need a rescue squad. I need someone to come and put the pin back in. I need someone to run to me while…CONTINUED IN COMMENTS…

…a mother in heaven. © Chelsea Ohlemiller: ww

…a mother in heaven.

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