Bereavement: How To Fill The Gap Your Loved One Has Left In Your Life

How do I fill the gap my loved one has left in my life?

Your loved one has left an enormous gap in your life and that gap cannot easily be filled by other things or other people. And at first, it's huge. It's overwhelming and there are times you will want to sit with it, explore it and be with those feelings. There are other times it will be overwhelming and you'll want to call a friend and have coffee and maybe just talk about how much you hurt. It's even helpful for some people to take short trips to try to fill in that gap maybe visit a place that you and your loved one met, something that is comforting and soothing to you. Just know, in time, that huge, enormous gap will change. It will get smaller. It will get easier to live with. That huge gap will become somewhat of a sacred spot in your soul and in time, you will learn to live with the one you lost. You will learn to heal. You'll learn to grow and you'll learn to actually live again.