Love after loss of a partner

To love again after a partner dies is to navigate a terrain where grief and desire coexist, where loyalty to the past and openness to the future pull in different directions, and where the question of whether love can happen again is answered only by risking the question. Many widows and widowers report that love after loss is not less but differently seasoned — more grateful, more present, more able to hold what it has. This domain accompanies that navigation with honesty.