Thank you for sharing this. I had never heard of anticipatory grief, either, until my mom fell ill last summer. I started to grieve unknowingly that life as she knew it and I knew it would never be the same. She rebounded 366 days ago to the point of discharge to a rehab facility, but then goddamned COVID struck 365 days ago today — and you know the rest from attending her funeral at St. Joe’s. I’ve talked quite a bit with my therapist about anticipatory grief because it is something that wasn’t on my radar and I didn’t know what I was feeling and experiencing for weeks last summer. Thank you for giving voice to this.
Whew boy, this is some close to home stuff. I think I need to start reading this later in the day so it doesn’t set my head off in the wrong direction for the day
Yeah. I had that thought about publishing my stuff in the afternoons since it is a heady topic, but I play that against everything I know about readership trends, blah blah blah. So, instead it's "Good morning. Let's talk about waiting for someone to die."
Thank you for sharing this. I had never heard of anticipatory grief, either, until my mom fell ill last summer. I started to grieve unknowingly that life as she knew it and I knew it would never be the same. She rebounded 366 days ago to the point of discharge to a rehab facility, but then goddamned COVID struck 365 days ago today — and you know the rest from attending her funeral at St. Joe’s. I’ve talked quite a bit with my therapist about anticipatory grief because it is something that wasn’t on my radar and I didn’t know what I was feeling and experiencing for weeks last summer. Thank you for giving voice to this.
—G
Yeah, you often don't realize you're doing it until you look back.
Whew boy, this is some close to home stuff. I think I need to start reading this later in the day so it doesn’t set my head off in the wrong direction for the day
Yeah. I had that thought about publishing my stuff in the afternoons since it is a heady topic, but I play that against everything I know about readership trends, blah blah blah. So, instead it's "Good morning. Let's talk about waiting for someone to die."
It’s really just setting the bar for the day. No where to go but up.