04/15/2026
Grief sometimes shows up as anger.
Patience thins, emotions sharpen, words are sometimes spoken without much thought.
When someone we love dies,
life begins to feel so unfair.
The world keeps moving while
we are thinking everyone is acting
like nothing happened
Frustration needs to go somewhere and sadly, it usually lands on the nearest target.
The words rarely come from cruelty. Instead, it is fueled from deep hurt, exhaustion, and a grief so heavy it doesn't know where else to go.
When pain runs that deep,
anger often finds the words first.
It is hard to know another’s story
or why they do what they do.
They have probably spent too many nights alone, broken-hearted, wondering how to keep going.
Grief already hurts enough.
It does not need more
wounds added to it.
Anger is a very human part of grief.
Grief is hard enough without us
turning on one another.
Compassion goes a long way.
Try not to take aim at people who are standing in the same storm.
We are all in this together.
We are all just walking each other home.
