Working Through Grief

Grief is hard.

It is the deep pain and sorrow we instinctively try to avoid. Yet it comes for us all. It cannot be outrun, denied, or escaped.

I lived in a trance, overcome by heartache. I moved through days without truly seeing them. And somehow, within that altered state, my life transformed.

Without intention, without plan, without even fully noticing, I became an artist.

Creation carried me when awareness could not.

Work formed when words could not.

Life continued.

Now the grief is softening. The fog is lifting.

I find myself standing in a new world.

I miss my son and my mom every day. Their absence is permanent, and love does not fade with time. I carry them with me in everything I create, everything I endure, and everything I become.

I do not forgive what contributed to their loss. Some wounds are not meant to be erased. Still, I have been given a life. And even in moments of sorrow, I choose to live it.

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