Grieving While Being Grateful: Navigating Human Duality as a Mama
My uncle recently transitioned to the ancestral realm. Although he was more like a father figure to me being present for me during a critical time in my life when my own father wasn’t. His transition has been and is continuing to be felt by many across race, gender, class, socioeconomic status, creed, etc. I don’t think that there are any words that I could use to begin to describe the magnitude and impact of his life that would do him justice. Hearing about his transition, I felt conflicted as it came on the heels of me receiving the news that I had successfully completed a certification I had been working on. I found myself in a predicament where I was grieving, but also grateful. Grateful for not only seeing the fruits of my labor, but for having crossed paths with my uncle, having been able to spend time with him, and for all the wisdom and life lessons that he had imparted with me.
