I am a Widow now

Did you know that some communities in the world, when a spouse dies the whole community takes the Widow in loving arms and lets he or she Grieve for however long it takes. In these communities they know your birth song and they know your death song.

In America we are on what I call "fast track grief"   like on a treadmill, everything fast - see the body, dress the body, celebrate the body, - Now back to work!  This is how we are taught, now go pull up your boot straps and get back to it!

Some days I wish I had could just GET OFF OF THE BUS