I am not a grief expert, I am, however, grief experienced. Because my only sibling, David, died when I was 18 years old, I have had over 40 years of grief experience. Because my mother died 20 years after my brother, then my husband died, and most recently my father, from my own experience I can assure you there is no standard protocol for grief. Each of the losses felt different. When my brother died, my father criticized my behaviors, and it taught me that people express and work through their grief differently and that is entirely ok.

Each grief story may be different based on the relationship and life being grieved, the nature of the death, as the griever’s stage in life and many other factors.

I am pleased to share that the new edition of The Hospice Doctor’s Widow has nine additional art journal entries that are all grief and loss based.

I can tell you unequivocally:

Love and grief cannot be measured or scheduled.

Grievers don’t “get over” their grief, they learn to live with it.

Love is greater than death.