There can not be a talk about endings without talking about grief. Grief is the way we move through the endings. Grief is the way we process what it is like to experience something for the last time. Grief is being held up to the wall of acceptance that we can not change things that we so badly wish we could change. When talking about endings, transitions, and grief, I find it helpful to name that what we possibly struggle with most is the emptiness felt where there was once a filling, whether gradually or abruptly.

We bring so much with us into motherhood, and if you are raising children with a spouse, then that is double as much to work through. These are the parts of motherhood that I never felt was spoken about enough. I knew it was going to be hard, but no one said in what way. No one said that the beauty of motherhood would be what transforms me into the woman I have always envisioned for myself, either. It is all part of the sacred, evolutionary journey marked with an abundance of grace.