“Memories hurt — and they can also heal.”
Welcome, fellow griever.
This is your Daily Nugget from me, Melissa, your host of The Leftover Pieces.
Today we will share a moment of presence, a breath of truth, and a reminder.
Let’s begin.
I invite you to take a breath -- or two. Let yourself arrive.
Sometimes we don’t need answers — just something true to hold.
Here’s today’s grief truth.
Memories hurt — and they can also heal.
There was a time I couldn’t say his name without crying. A time when memories cut sharper than glass.
But slowly — almost imperceptibly — some of those memories softened.
I started to smile when I said his name. I started to need those stories, those flashes of him, like medicine.
Memories hurt because they hold what we’ve lost.
But they also heal — because they keep that love alive.
Let yourself remember. Even when it stings.
Let it crack you open.
That’s where the light gets in.
Take another breath.
Let the truth settle where it needs to.
You don’t have to carry everything — just what feels true today.
You’re not lost — you’re walking with your truth.
I’ll be here again tomorrow.
Talk soon. - Melissa
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