For me it can’t be about not feeling this. There’s no separation between love, loss, joy and sorrow, because one elicits the other. They are like waves, one comes, while the other retreats, sometimes overlapping. I didn’t know there was a name for the feeling of joy and sorrow combined.
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Adrift
I am thankful for my family, friends and complete strangers who have compassionately helped me move along. I felt like I was just drifting, and didn’t even look up sometimes to see who was guiding the boat, or maybe just giving a nudge in the right direction.
100
This is my 100th illustration dealing with grief. For me, balance started to seem attainable when I learned that grief is love. So, I’ve been moving this mountain of grief into the valley where the love was. One rock at a time.
I Feel You 