Tag: poetry

Does Time Really Make Grief Better?

In my previous writings, I have shared pieces of my grief and the pain of learning to live without my sister. Now, four years later, I still find myself asking the same questions: Does it get better? Is there really a timeline for healing? People often say time heals all wounds, but I have learned […]

The Grief No One Talks About

For the losses that don’t always come with a funeral, a card, or the words “I’m sorry.” There is grief that everyone recognizes. It arrives with a phone call, a ceremony, flowers, casseroles, and people who know exactly what to say—or at least know they should say something. Then there is the other kind of […]

When Grief Becomes an Excuse

A personal reflection on grace, accountability, and choosing to live again after loss There was a moment when I looked around and realized grief had touched more than my heart. It had touched my habits, my body, my patience, my home, my friendships, and even the way I answered people I loved. I could point […]

Turning Pain Into Words

My Pain Has a Voice: How Writing Helps Me Carry My Sister’s Love Forward” There are some kinds of pain that do not know where to go. They sit in the chest. They rise unexpectedly in the middle of an ordinary day. They show up in the quiet moments, in familiar songs, in family gatherings, […]

Applying Emotional Intelligence While Grieving: Learning to Listen to My Own Heart

A grief reflection from the perspective of the one who is still learning how to live with loss Recently, I have been practicing mindfulness and becoming more intentional about my emotional intelligence. Not because grief has become easier, but because I am learning that I need tools to sit with what hurts without being swallowed […]

Grief Gave Me New Zeal for Living

How loss, love, and weight loss became part of my healing journey Grief is strange. As I have been sharing, it can sit heavy on your chest and still somehow push you to move. It can make you feel weak and still reveal a strength you did not know you had. It can break your […]

Not Everyone Can Hold Your Grief—and That’s Okay

If grief has taught me anything, it is that loss does not only change the empty chair at the table. Sometimes loss is a relationship that ended, a friendship that faded, a version of life you thought you would have, or a person who is still living but no longer close. Grief changes the way […]

My Sister’s Love: Remembering Aanuoluwapo Omolara Omotoyosi Daphne Oye- 03/06

We were 3 of us, and now we are 2. There are people who pass through this world quietly, and then there are people like my sister, Aanu, who leave fingerprints on every heart they touch. Aanu was beautiful in ways that had nothing to do with appearance—though she was stunning—but in the way she […]