The other side of the coffee table

Grief is a funny thing, really. Sad, yes, but funny nonetheless. It is such a universal emotion, and yet it can make someone feel so alone and isolated, as if no one in the world has ever shared in the experience, despite the fact that most of us have. It has an air about it, as if it ought to be left alone, despite the fact that people who are grieving often benefit from gentle company. We tend to think of grief as a heavy weight, a burden, a thing that exists only in the absence of something e