grieving the gray area⁠

what do you do with a loss that never had a name? not a breakup. not a death you can explain at a funeral. just…someone who was everything, and a connection that didn’t come with a label. so you folded it up, put it somewhere inside you, and kept going.this episode, i’m sitting with loved one by aisha muharrar: the funniest, most quietly devastating book about grief, love, and the blurry line between the two that i’ve read in a long time. we talk about why some losses don’t get flowers. why we’re terrified to ask the people we love if we matter to them. and why the unlabeled things might be the ones that count the most.for anyone who has ever carried something quietly. this one’s for you.if you’re sitting in this gray area right now, slide a single 🩶 into my dms. you don’t have to explain a thing. just send it so I know you’re out there.—for the first time again // vol. II premierefeatured text: loved one by aisha muharrar