Experiencing grief is like sleep walking. You feel caught in a dream-like state, a nightmare you cannot seem to wake from, though you are moving around, observing life, but profoundly disconnected from it. You can't quite rouse yourself, but oh, how you long to do so.
The truth is, we grieve to the extent that we love. Our deepest griefs are an echo of our passion for our beloved lost one, a tribute to the joy and affection we once felt in their presence. We long for them, we even look for them, but they are nowhere to be found.
Author Georgiana Bagley experienced this type of grief in the early part of her life, but her first love, the loss of her young husband, left an indelible wound on her heart. She had to learn how to walk again in a world without him. Two young sons in tow, she struggled out of her deep pit of despair and lived to tell her story.