Twenty True Things I Know About Living With Grief*[revised in the Time of the Coronavirus]

“A man walking through the trees toward a sunset” by Kiwihug on Unsplash

I originally published this piece in 2018, but decided it needed to be expanded and updated for The Time of the Coronavirus.

I’ve had a lifetime (71 years)** of losing people with whom I felt close at the final story ending. I’ve encountered many instances of people trying to be helpful yet saying exactly the…