What to Expect When You’re Expecting Grief

Think maniacal hopscotch, but with feelings.

Stacy Smith
a Few Words
Published in
3 min readNov 16, 2021

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Image by AI Leino from Pixabay

You know the stages of grief — the whole denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance routine. Let me tell you what to expect about that:

1. They don’t happen in that order.

2. You don’t move smoothly from one stage to the next.

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Stacy Smith
a Few Words

writer of words, traveler of worlds, carrier of very large purses, lover of chocolate, avoider of veggies; find me at globalstacy7@gmail.com