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I had problems a therapist couldn't solve; grief that no man in a room could ameliorate.

I had problems a therapist couldn't solve; grief that no man in a room could ameliorate.

Cheryl Strayed
Grief, Men, Rooms
Cheryl Strayed (2012). “Wild: A Journey from Lost to Found”, p.120, Atlantic Books Ltd

The obliterated place is equal parts destruction and creation. The obliterated place is pitch black and bright light. It is water and parched earth. It is mud and it is manna. The real work of deep grief is making a home there.

Cheryl Strayed
Real, Grief, Home
Cheryl Strayed (2013). “Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Someone Who’s Been There”, p.202, Atlantic Books Ltd

Small things such as this have saved me: how much I love my mother — even after all these years. How powerfully I carry her within me. My grief is tremendous but my love is bigger. So is yours. You are not grieving your son’s death because his death was ugly and unfair. You’re grieving it because you loved him truly. The beauty in that is greater than the bitterness of his death.

Cheryl Strayed
Mother, Grief, Son
"DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column №78: The Obliterated Place". therumpus.net. July 1, 2011.

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