grief after losing a parent you had a complicated relationship with

Light Resting Within the Unfixed Grief

The day is finally ending, and the armor you wore to keep the grief at bay feels heavy now that the house is quiet. There is a complexity to this loss—a tangled web of love and hurt that no amount of time seems to untangle.

But remember, the light does not wait for your relationship to be perfect before it holds you. It was already there in the silence between your words with them, and it is here now, holding the parts of you that still ache.

There is no need to fix the past tonight—just let the light rest where it is, within the grief itself. The light is not finished with you, even now, in this deep exhale.

Drawing from

John, Luke

Verses

John 1:5, Luke 15:20

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