I read a survey the other day that said that 55% of teens want their friends to know that they miss their loved one, but it doesn’t mean they’re sad all the time.
For someone who’s never lost a loved one sometimes it’s hard to really understand how you can go through so many emotions all in one day. Or that it being 5 months, 1 year or 10 since the passing of your loved one doesn’t automatically mean you can turn off the sad feelings.
Sarah Dessen is still one of my favorite writers and her Twitter is a must follow. She recently tweeted this in reference to how her days/seasons play out:
It captures everything you probably feel in one day. Days aren’t always just good or just bad. There are these shades of gray that are even more present after you’ve lost someone. You should never feel guilty for having more “good-great-wonderful” moments in a day than “bad-terrible-awful” and if all today has to show for itself is 75% “okay” well that’s maybe one percent more than yesterday, right?
What do you think of Sarah Dessen’s tweet?
Image: Sarah Dessen Twitter
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