Loss can be losing a friend who was journeying with you through life.
It can also be the loss of the path,the signposts, the structure
It can be like the loss of the map that we have carefully constructed and which is now wrong.
It’s frightening to lose the structure, even part of the structure.
It’s frightening to realise the map you are using is no use.
There’s a lot of fear in grief or alongside grief.
Grief itself can also feel like fear.
Is it worse than the first day school for the child?
It’s hard to know the answer to that
How my heart sings 