Seasons in Grief

Grief as the Seasons Change

As the leaves change colors and the air cools, grief often stirs quietly beneath the surface. There’s something about seasonal changes—especially from summer to fall—that mirrors the subtle shift in our emotional landscapes. The warmth fades, the light shortens, and memories gather like fog and feel heavy as you wade through.

Grief can feel like autumn: a letting go, a subtle surrender, a quiet ache for what once was. The daylight is shorter, the weather is cooler, and the seasons in grief remain everchanging. But within that shedding, there’s also space for reflection. The trees don’t resist their loss—they let it happen, trusting that something new will come in time. As if their roots in the ground are like our memories rooted in love, we can turn to the example of the trees to withstand this change as they do.

Maybe grief isn’t something to fix, but something to live through. Like the seasons, it moves in cycles. And maybe, just maybe, healing begins with learning to change along with it.

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