The pain of deep loss plays out in unpredictable ways. Unpredictability is vulnerable, and vulnerability leaves me feeling exposed. I may be exposed for what I really am... a mere mortal. Sometimes, the pain of loss is due to the death of someone treasured. A precious baby girl, a vibrant young mother, a soldier, a grandfather…. gone. Their absence leaves an aching emptiness in our hearts and vacant places in our lives. There is another kind of loss. Ambiguous loss; a loss of ...read more