What Grief Looks Like in Year Two

Everyone shows up in the first week. By year two — two years after you buried the person you loved — there is a peculiar expectation in the air: Surely you should be over it by now.

You are not over it. Nothing is wrong with you.

What Grief Actually Looks Like in Year Two

Year two of grief is, for many, harder than year one. In year one, the shock serves as a buffer. In year two, the numbness has lifted and the reality has settled. You are in the long, quiet ache of absence.

There Is No Timeline

Grief is not linear. It does not conclude. It changes shape over time. The grief is the love. It is the evidence that this person mattered.

Give yourself the grace that others have forgotten to extend. Grief counselling is here whenever you need it.