Piecing Myself Back Together
Shock & denial, anger, bargaining, depression and finally acceptance; according to Dr Kubler-Ross these are the five stages of grief. Given the recent death of a loved one, I have come to know these stages better than I ever hoped. In the beginning, I felt as if I were being torn apart by my emotions. I was reduced to shreds of myself, raw and vulnerable. However, as time passes my grieving has evolved working to sew the pieces together again. Some things have remained the same, some things are changed, but the scars still remain.
This work explores the overwhelming emotions I have felt in the stages of grief. These are not defined stages, but rather an uneasy merging as I have moved from one stage to another and spiraled back again. In the end, this work has created a testament to my current state: I am still grieving, the pieces of me have begun to come together, but I still am not whole. Much work is still to be done.
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