A better grief metaphor

Imagine a healing brain instead of getting through a dark tunnel

Photo by Josh Riemer on Unsplash

Grief over the death of my mother is different than I anticipated. There is no other experience in my life where I have been so clearly aware that I would never be the same as I was before. They talk about “getting through” hard things. Getting through the grief. Which implies grief is like a tunnel. You start out…