"The Pain of Grief" - and how I am learning to accept it

- Today is an emotional but important episode about grief. A year ago, I came home from a trip to my beloved Shiloh dying. Even though she was old and lived a beautiful and long life, I wasn't ready to say goodbye. I don't think we are ever prepared for the pain and grief of loss. - Today I allow myself to feel and acknowledge the grief I carry every day. - I also discuss a different kind of grief which is choosing to let go of people in your life that are toxic.  It's okay to miss them still. - Learning to make myself take time to feel the grief so that I can move on and not run from it until it builds up and overtakes me. - Realizing that I cannot live a wholehearted life if I can't allow myself to have "all" of the human experience and feelings.