You Said “I’m Fine”—But Your Body Knows Better
The ache isn’t in your head. It’s in your bones.
Grief Without a Cradle
You smiled through baby showers.
You brought gifts.
Played the games.
Laughed when you were supposed to.
Clapped when names were revealed,
when tiny socks were unwrapped
like promises no one ever doubted would be kept.
You smiled.
Because anything else would’ve made the room uncomfortable.
And when they asked how you were doing—
you said “I’m fine.”
Because grief this invisible
feels like a burden to explain.
But your arms ache.
Not metaphorically.
Literally.
Like they were made to hold someone
who never arrived.
Like they know.
Like they remember a weight
that never came to rest in them.
And your body—
your beautiful, battered, aching body—
grieves in a language only you can hear.
Hormones crash like waves.
Dreams you didn’t dare name still wake you up.
You reach for a belly that isn’t full,
for a cry that never came,
for a future that dissolved quietly
while everyone else kept moving.
They don’t see it.
Because nothing’s missing from the outside.
Because you didn’t get to show them
the ultrasound taped to the fridge,
the little shoes you hid in the closet,
the love you poured into empty space
like it could bloom something real.
But you feel it.
Every day.
Every breath.
Every heartbeat that echoes with the memory
of the one you didn’t get to meet.
You didn’t lose a moment.
You lost a whole life.
And no one claps for surviving that.
Your body still waits. And your arms still ache for what the world never saw.
Still Sitting With It?
Sometimes the ache doesn’t move. It lingers. It asks for more. You don’t have to act yet. You can stay here. Feel deeper. Or follow it into something else that hurts in a different shape.
Stay in This Pain
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These stories don’t offer healing.
They offer truth.
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What you do with pain matters.
You can carry it. Or you can let it change what you still have.
🕯️ You Still Have a Body That Carries You
Grief from illness, loss of strength, or fading fertility can swallow your sense of self. But even in that hollowing, there’s something left—this body, this breath, this moment.
Cherishing your health isn’t about ignoring what’s been lost. It’s about holding what remains like it matters—because it does. The hands that still reach. The voice that still speaks. The quiet persistence of being here.
Honor what endures. Not as a distraction—but as defiance.
💝 Want to make sure no one else slips through your fingers?
Some people are still here. Still breathing. Still waiting to be loved the way you didn’t know how to before.
Don’t wait for another eulogy to say what you should’ve said yesterday.
Still Here?
The pain didn’t leave—but maybe you’re ready to walk with it instead of running from it.
Healing doesn’t start with answers. It starts with honesty. And you’ve already proven you can feel this deeply.
Now let’s see what living with it could look like.
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Whatever path you’re on—these journeys are here to help you make sense of it all, one honest step at a time.
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