Grief doesn’t take a day off. I’ve been toying with the idea of writing a blog post for a while now and I know it’s been months since my last one. With so much going on lately, good things and tough things, it’s hard to put things into words sometimes. But it all boils down to one simple phrase: grief doesn’t take a day off. It’s always there, looming in the shadows, waiting to pounce at the most vulnerable moments. Grief is raw. It’s ugly. It’s a beast that torments day in a