Finding the gifts in grief

Abstract

So many of the conversations had around death and grief focus on the negative. As individuals and as a society our conversations around these sensitive topics are frequently peppered with words that describe and define the experience as a battle or a struggle. We focus on what it takes from us and we rail against the unfairness and injustice of it all. What follows is somewhat of a game of devil's advocate, born out of the author's experience in which she has sought to flip the prevalent narrative on its head and delve in to another, less talked about side of grief – the gifts that often lay hidden amongst the sorrow waiting to be uncovered.

Keywords:

• death
• grief
• gifts
• growth
• meaning

Additional information

Kathryn Rosenberg BA DipHHB MASW, Education Facilitator, Dorothy House Hospice Care, [email protected]