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How grief needs witnesses and sacred space

I've started going to the cemetery every Sunday not because I feel close to my wife there, but because it's the only place where crying in public feels acceptable.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Mourning requires both solitude and community, both private tears and public acknowledgment of loss.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Grief as spiritual practice?”

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