An Invisible String
If you have a spare 20 minutes, read the children's book: THE INVISIBLE STRING by Patrice Karst. It is a beautiful way to teach about grief and loss. The overall theme is that grief, separation, and loss will visit all of us and that we are connected by an invisible string of shared, human experiences. For those of us who have already suffered a deep and profound loss, we know all too well this invisible string that unites us all. Each one of us who has suffered from loss feels a deep ache for someone who is beginning the process of grief. We remember what that looks like and feels like. We remember how thirty minutes could pass by and not be able to recall a single detail. We remember what it feels like to not even be concerned with cooking for ourselves or handling the seemingly mundane chores. Everything has a haze on it. We are blanketed in a heavy shroud of: What the hell was that? Certainly we each metabolize and process grief differently, however, we will al
