Grief and a Pandemic

I wanted to let a little time go by before I re-blogged this post from my wife Karen’s blog..The KReative Corner. We said “farewell..until we meet again” to her mother in June. I cannot capture as succinctly as she can how the grieving process may have changed..but the fond memories are just as poignant. Here is her post. And as I always say..if you like what you read, give The KReative Corner a like..a follow..or both.

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It’s been 30 days since we laid our Mother to rest and there are days it still doesn’t seem real! Grief is a process like riding a roller coaster filled with emotional highs and lows and thrown.

The Coronovirus has changed how we grieve as a family. No funeral, only a public viewing for 1 hour, and guests are allowed in groups of 10 at a time; masks were mandatory and no close contact. The graveside service was private for 10 -12 family members. No family cars and only household members are permitted to ride in the same car.

We usually get together as a family to share a meal following the burial of a loved one and we weren’t able to do that either.The health threat to our elder members was too great so we returned to our respective hotels and ordered in.

Our plan…

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