Freedom to grieve intensively from the onset of loss
is what makes space later
for a remembrance of Christ's suffering
and a reaffirmation of the loving will of God
that seemed so strange
when the pains of grief were so acute.
~ from All Our Losses, All Our Griefs by Kenneth Mitchell and Herbert Anderson
Image ~ On the Seashore, 1879
Hanus Knochel, 1850-1927
public domain via Wikimedia Commons
