More After Affects Of Grief
3 min readFeb 24, 2021
- Your palette changes. If you used to like vanilla cupcakes with strawberry frosting you now like saltier foods like pizza with black olives and sardines; two ingredients you once hated.
- Family and friends may run away from you. They may go clothes and food shopping and venture out to your favorite park without you. There are three types of people that are hated in this world: those that are mourning, poor or sick.
- When people around you start losing family members; you are slow to advise them. These are the same people who were very quick to tell you “to look at the bright side” when they had not lost a loved one just yet.
- Movies are a no no. You no longer have patience for films; not even “Finding Nemo” or “Shrek”.
- If you have a life partner or kids they will be your saving grace. Family eases the pain and makes the time fly by. If you are childless and partner-less like myself; you feel every crushing moment without your loved one.
- You are suddenly scared to die. Your blood results come out good but you don’t believe the doctor so you book another appointment with a different physician for a second analysis.
- You will either draw closer to God or farther apart. You will believe that the creator is picking up the pieces or you will be convinced that the deity dropped…
