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Written following the death of her father during the emergence of the global COVID-19 pandemic,Β 2020, Notes On Grief by Chimamanda Ngozi narrates all that comes with loosing someone: grief, loneliness, anger, raw sadness, longing for a return and more.
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The renowned acclaimed Nigerian Author also points out the role tradition plays in compounding moments of grief and how it doesn't leave room for the beloved of the deceased to decide if, when, why and how to do things. A part she referred to "immediate pivot from pain to planning.β
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For someone who doesn't share much about her personal life, Chimamanda shows how vulnerable the death of our loved ones can make us be and most importantly, that while Grief looks different for everyone and the process of coming to terms can be very difficult, we don't move on from grief. We move forward with it.
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Once again, Chimamanda shows are mastery of words in this beautiful piece of hers and the role memories play in coping with the death of our loved ones.
Notes On Grief
"...we don't move on from grief, we move forward with it" reiterates the inevitable fact that the cause of grief is hardly forgotten. Not even time will erode such memory. But the lessons we draw from past grief can become invaluable companions in the future.
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As someone that has dealt with grief before, and all the excruciating pain that comes with it, the guilt of moving on, the anger on why it should have happened in the first place, the confusion, the silence, the denial, how it looked like it never was going to get better because remembering came with tears and a lot of pain, I know as time passes, we come to accept, live with it. Thrive despite it, but the pain never leaves the heart, it only becomes easier to bear.