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Before Dominic ran ahead to Heaven I was a human dynamo!
Got a project? Count me in! Need a meal or a hand? Let’s go!
But since he left I find there are days when I can’t even remember what I’ve spent the hours doing. I’ve sat silent or otherwise frittered away so. much. time. in these nearly nine years.
Part of the reason is simple: When you wake up one morning and realize that really, truly, you have no control over the things that matter most, it’s easy to give up on trying to have control over anything.
That’s neither healthy nor helpful, though.

Traumatic loss can make a heart give up on everything-not just the one or two things that are truly outside our control.


It’s why so many of us bereaved parents find ourselves staring off into space, sitting in a chair, unable to move and do even the simplest tasks.


Read the rest here: The Importance of Agency in Grief

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