Grief Taught Me to See Differently

There was a time when the word gratitude felt impossible. People love to offer it up as a cure-all—look for the silver lining, focus on the good, find the lesson. But when you’re living inside real loss, none of that lands. It doesn’t comfort. It doesn’t soften anything. It just reminds you of how far you feel from the person you used to be.

After Ken di…