My hope and prayer is that you are not alone in facing your loss, pain, and grief. Please reach out to me, to a trusted friend, a loved one, somewhere that you are safe, a place where you can be held, heard, and seen, and a part of a loving community where the bearable becomes bearable. You, my beautiful sister, are not alone. 

A blog post by Mirabai Star, author of Caravan of No Despair.

“As we breathed into the truth of what had happened in our lives, safe in the protective community we built together, we began to discover that the unbearable became bearable, that by whispering “yes” instead of screaming “no” and ineffable grace began to fill the space of our shattered hearts…
    

Try it. If you’ve tried it before, try it again. Find the smoldering ache of loss inside of you and soften into it. Allow yourself to gently and lovingly explore exactly what it feels like to hurt this way. With compassion for yourself, disarm your wounded heart and breathe quietly inside the wreckage—no need for fancy formulas or prescribed affirmations.
    

 No goal. Just be. Right here. Inside the fire of grief. 

One breath in front of the other.”