Grieving the Living

This episode speaks to a grief many are carrying but few name: the grief of estrangement. Not the grief of death, but the grief of absence — of family who are still alive yet feel unreachable, of love unanswered, of holidays and milestones marked in silence.I explore how this fracture was not born from failure, but from a larger force of division seeded into the collective, and why we must not carry shame for the distance we did not create. This is a reflection for anyone sitting with the ache of empty chairs and unanswered calls, reminding us that love does not vanish simply because it goes unseen. Get full access to Tending The In-Between at tendingtheinbetween.substack.com/subscribe