A Griefy Valentine Message
How are you doing through this week of red envelopes, roses and chocolates? Valentine’s Day can be a tough one for anyone grieving. This is especially true for you, beloved young widows. Here’s what I imagine you are dealing with:
A bombardment of roses, chocolates and love notes wrapped in red envelopes
helping your kids fill out 200 valentines for their school parties.
Even though a part of you wants to curl up and ignore this day, you have been wandering the aisles looking at trinkets and cards for your kids.
Your thoughts are preoccupied with making plans for how to get through another day that reminds you of your loss and all you are living without.
Your idea to ignore this day and treat it like any other has been ruined by the reminders that are everywhere in the world
Even if Valentine’s Day was a ‘meh’ holiday that you and your sweetie barely noticed, this day still can bring a special grief now that they are gone. All of the ‘what ifs’ and ‘I wish it was different’ thoughts circulate and remind you of how much your life has changed.
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