May 19, 2025
19.05.2025
Tender and vulnerable for nine months after her death. Grief has served me, nurtured me, protected me.
"The grief was gutting, like somebody put my nerves outside my skin and then cut each one, slowly. The only balm for the pain was to be with others who had been through something similar."
Emily Polk wrote an article on grief called "Telling The Bees" and the above extract hit me in the chest with such precision I had to open up a new post.
It's been three years since I have posted here.
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You can read the whole article here:
Bees have long been witness to human grief, carrying messages between the living and the dead. Finding solace in the company of bees, Emily
