Narrative Therapy? Narrative Arc! Long Grief. Satisfaction.

BethKanell
4 min readFeb 19, 2022
Q: Is this person smiling under her mask? A: Very gently.

[Not a riddle.] How do you know when your relationship really, really matters?

[Answer.] You’ll know after it’s over.

Telling the story of a partner’s death is a necessity for a while. For me, it helped make sense of the drastic changes in my life, the rainstorm of sorrow, and the questions that pop up. Like, did I do everything I could…

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BethKanell

Braiding loss, joy, love. Award-winning author of YA adventures like This Ardent Flame; The Long Shadow, more. bethkanell.blogspot.com; member SinC, NBCC.