My partner and I have been trying to get pregnant for three years and we just decided to stop, and now we're realizing that somewhere along the way we stopped talking about what we actually wanted our life to look like and started just pursuing this one specific outcome. We're grieving not just the children we won't have but also the people we were before this became our entire focus.
More people experience this than they realize.
The pursuit of one deeply desired outcome has overshadowed the question of what kind of life would actually fulfill both people.
“Where Are You with What grief reveals about what matters?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.