Let Grief Be Weird

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Grief isn’t just for the dead. People can grieve just about anything. I am glad I left an abusive marriage and I grieve the life I thought I had. I am estranged from my parents and I grieve the childhood I deserved. I grieve for the harm I’ve done my body on a quest to be thin and beautiful. I grieve for the cats I left behind when I left my husband. I grieve for relationships I thought would last a lifetime.