Sometimes the only appropriate response is to become an explorer. Grief can demolish us so all of our normal ways of coping just don't work. When that happens all we can do is ask questions and explore the answers, and that usually leads to more exploring.
Grief is gone. G-O-N-E. It might come back, but for right now, I’m an explorer. I might not channel Amelia Earhart or Dora, but for right now, that’s my new role. Tilling Mama. The explorer. Who am I now that I’m not all the things I once was? I’m on sabbatical. That’s all. Sabbatical.
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