12/07/2025
The isolation closes in around you in a way that feels almost physical. You have fallen into a place you never agreed to be. In the early days, people show up with food and flowers and soft voices. They crowd around you because the loss is fresh and visible. Then time passes, and the crowd thins. People get uncomfortable. They do not know what to say, so they say nothing. They step back, and somehow you are expected to step forward alone.
It feels like abandonment, even when you know they mean well. But their lives keep moving while yours has simply been knocked off its axis. The disconnection grows, and you start to feel like the only person in the world carrying this weight.
This is why finding others who understand matters. Whether it is a grief group, an online space, or even social media accounts like this one, connecting with people who do not flinch at grief can feel like a lifeline.
These are the people who do not rush you, who do not tell you to move on, who do not look away when the pain shows up. They stay. They listen. They get it.
Reaching out can feel impossible when you are already exhausted, but sometimes one person is enough. One conversation. One story that sounds a little too familiar. One place where you are allowed to speak the truth without apology. These small connections do not fix grief, but they do soften the edges of the loneliness. And in a world that pulls back too quickly, that matters.
