A Circular Staircase

Reading a book - Grieving: A Beginner's Guide and came across a wonderful concept. Grief as a circular staircase, not a series of "stages" but a spiral in which we circle around, passing through anniversaries, events, year after year, but with increasing insight as time passes. The idea comes from a poem - "The Five Stages of Grief" by Linda Pastan who writes upon reaching the "final" stage of grieving - "Acceptance. I finally reach it. But something is wrong. Grief is a circular staircase. I have lost you." It reminds me that my grief changes with each passing cycle, through each relived moment of my loss, how much I have learned.

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