Can I grieve and still work at the same time?

You have found something many people never do. You let yourself grieve and work at once, honestly, without pretending you are untouched. That takes real strength, the quiet kind. Refusing to fake being fine is not weakness. It is one of the bravest things a person can do. Carrying both is tiring, and some days one will crowd out the other. A wave of grief may swallow an afternoon, or the work may briefly pull you out of the ache. Let both happen. You are not doing it wrong when the balance tips. You are being a whole person instead of a performance. Keep tending yourself in the middle of it. Rest when the weight is heavy, and let the good moments at work be real too, without guilt. You have already learned the hardest lesson, that you can hurt and function at the same time. Trust that. It will carry you through.