For Those Grieving - My Wish for You in 2025

To the one who is grieving,

This year, I’m not here to tell you to find joy, move forward, or even heal. Instead, I want to honor exactly where you are—however messy, uncertain, or heavy it might feel. My wish for you in 2025 isn’t about fixing your grief but finding ways to live alongside it.

Here’s what I hope for you this year:

I hope you discover small spaces to breathe. Not every day will feel manageable, and that’s okay. But I hope you find little moments that remind you that you’re still here—alive, feeling, existing in all your complexity. It might be a quiet moment with your morning coffee, the sound of the rain, or the steady rhythm of your breath as you drift off to sleep.

I hope you let yourself feel everything. Grief is a shape-shifter. It will be sharp and unbearable one moment, soft and nostalgic the next. Let it move through you without judgment. Anger, sadness, guilt, and even laughter all belong.

I hope you stop trying to “do grief” the right way. There is no manual for this. Some days you might want to talk about them, and other days you might just need silence. Some years you’ll want to mark their birthday with a celebration; others, you may not. Trust that whatever you choose is enough.

I hope you find a way to carry them with you. Not by holding on tightly, but by allowing their love, their lessons, and their presence to flow through you naturally. It could be through a story you tell, a recipe you recreate, or a quiet moment of reflection when you feel them close.

I hope you rewrite what “hope” means for you. Hope might look different now. It might not mean that everything gets easier or that you’ll ever stop missing them. It might simply mean believing there’s still a way forward, even if the path is unclear.

Above all, I wish for 2025 to meet you exactly where you are. Not where you think you should be or where others expect you to be—but where your heart truly is.

With love,

Aimee ❤️