The analogy – which quickly went viral, such was its relatability – suggests that grief is like a box with a ball in it and a pain button on one side. In the early stages, the ball is big and ...

Our grief fits us like a glove. Our children are our children ... all rolled up into a giant ball of grief, hand-crafted just for me by the person I loved and lost. It’s been the same way ...

I saw this description of grief and how it affects us. Grief is like a ball in a box with a pain button, initially the ball is constantly hitting the pain button because it is so big to begin with ...