Writing While Grieving: The Space In Between

Last June, I wrote “An Expert In Grieving, Or Maybe Not,” processing, albeit myopically, that the depths of my grief could certainly not fall further into the abyss. I was wrong. I, of course, was viewing my immediate situation, forgetting the beautiful web of connection that family provides. My husband’s doctor’s words were just the beginning of the unraveling the past year has brought.

Two weeks later, not having shared my own burden, I learned my 40-year-old brother-in-law was diagnosed with advanced-stage pancreatic cancer. My sister and her husband…