"For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun"? -Kahlil Gibran There has been a lot of literal death these last few months so I am feeling called to speak about the mostly unspoken dynamic energy of grief. Everyone wants to be happy, I get it, so do I, yet when grief is present, it's nice to have a map to navigate. So, I am sharing a map below, along with a special feature from a guest blogger that elaborates on the topic further. In my world

Grief is a multi-faceted state that is integral to the human condition. Not a single person on earth escapes the hands of grief. As surely as our animated existence on earth ends with our death, we must also meet with grief at many stages during our life. Our current understanding of grief derives from the work of Elisabeth Kübler-Ross and David Kessler. They created the widely accepted framework describing the five stages one experiences as part of their grieving process: St