Whinypaluza Wednesday

Walking through Grief

March 11, 2026

Walking through Grief

🕊️You may have lost your mom, husband, child, or loved one.

🤍I lost my dog. My best friend.

🐕My golden retriever who was with me all day every day who was always there for me.

😢Just when I think that I am ok I am crying at Pet Supplies Plus looking at the dog aisles while shopping for my cat.

☀️It shows up when I’m taking a walk and I see all my neighbors walking their dog.

⏰It shows up when I step out of my bed and I don’t have to step over Tanner anymore.

❤️‍🩹How do you go from being with a person or pet every day to them being gone?

☝I want to say this right up front, because it matters but there is no “right” way to grieve.

🧭There are healthier ways to move through grief.

🚧There is no timetable. There are no expectations.

😒As my husband said to me Monday morning, “Just let yourself be sad and stop resisting it.”

😔If I just let myself be sad, I will move through the grief.

🔄When you first lose a loved one it may be constant tears.

🌊Now it is waves that hit me at random times during the day.

📣Join me live tonight at 9PM ET on my personal Facebook page where we discuss accepting and allowing sadness, allowing ourselves to walk through our grief & what that looks like.

Laughing, Loving, Learning,
Rebecca Greene, LCSW-R

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