It's like the grief has been covered over with some kind of blanket. It's still there, but the sharpest edges are.. muffled, sort of. Then, ever now and then, I lift the corner of the blanket just to check, and.. whoa! Like a knife! I'm not sure that will ever change.
The Beginner's Goodbye (ed. Ballantine Books, 2012) - ISBN: 9780307958228