I wanted to write something and since this is partly a writing platform I thought this is the best place to put it and vent.
This is about grief.
Grief isn’t like you see it in the movies. Sometimes it is. The initial shock, the crying, the devastation a loss like losing your mother has on your life but in reality I’ve experienced it differently. Grief is barely crying or feeling anything since the initial day your loved one passes, watching everyone upset and wondering why you feel so numb. Grief is walking past their bedroom door, seeing their dressing gown hanging there knowing it will never be picked up again. Grief is qualifying as a nurse without your loved one, and feeling anything but happy because she should have been here. Grief is buying your first car and like a knee jerk reaction pulling your phone out to call her and realise you can’t. Grief is going to the shop with your friend, picking something up and going “oh my mum would like this” and the realisation hitting you like a train. Grief is dreading your 24th birthday because you don’t want to be 24, when you’ve had your mum until 23. I don’t want to be a new age without her.
Grief is seeing everyone go about their lives like normal and feeling angry. Grief is about trying to just get through each day until you realise that’s all you’re doing — just surviving at this point, hanging onto the hope that living will come in time. Grief is laughing with your friend and feeling a pang of guilt that you’re experiencing any form of positive emotion. Grief is watching your dad have to live without the love of his life. It’s watching your siblings wishing you felt as okay as they seem. It’s being the youngest member of the family, but the one with the most responsibility because that’s how you’re built — organising practically everything. It’s being so busy after the death and the funeral, organising bills, taking care of another sick parent with covid all whilst trying to fight on and finish university. Grief is going back to work in a hospital 3 weeks after your mum passes away to take care of other people’s sick relatives.
Grief is feeling sick and having a panic attack any time the house phone rings or No Caller ID comes up on mobile.
Grief affects everyone differently. This is what my grief looks like. It’s been 7 weeks, and I’ve already had comments about how life should be getting back to normal now. Don’t ever let someone tell you how to grieve.
Thanks for reading, I don’t really care if people have or don’t, but getting it out into the world has made my day slightly easier, I didn’t want to vent on social media with family watching.
I hope to be back soon to Sherlock, and to playing John Wick eventually
Meg x












