{"id":32479,"date":"2026-05-22T09:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T15:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?p=32479"},"modified":"2026-05-22T12:15:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T18:15:22","slug":"many-faces-of-grief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2026\/05\/many-faces-of-grief\/","title":{"rendered":"Many faces of grief"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It seems like it’s been a while since I’ve written anything on the blog. Picture posts tell a story, but not all. I’ve been doing my writing in a personal journal instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’re meeting grief in all its faces. Some moments we feel more tender. Other moments we feel heightened frustration with inconveniences and people. There’s a need for familiar and comforting entertainment. We’ve laughed together, and moments later notice that sharing the obituary of Richard’s dad with well-intentioned friends keeps the wound fresh. I’ve cried in public and plundered our stash of candy like a kid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today Richard and one of his brothers are on a ride around their dad’s favorite haunt, Fish Creek. I imagine this will help them enjoy memories of their dad and carry on his good legacy. Finding solace in memory and tradition is a great idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dale and his sons, Fish Creek, early 1980’s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It seems like it’s been a while since I’ve written anything on the blog. Picture posts tell a story, but not all. I’ve been doing my writing in a personal journal instead. We’re meeting grief in all its faces. Some moments we feel more tender. Other moments we feel heightened frustration with inconveniences and people. … Continue reading Many faces of grief<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-extended-family","category-life-according-to-angela"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32479"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32518,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32479\/revisions\/32518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}