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Why I Write About Grief - by Katie Hawkins-Gaar

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I had a choice to make, and I trusted my gut.

The moment I knew I was going to quit my job was when my boss warned me that writing about grief would interfere with my professional career. I believed that I could do both things at once—grieve openly and be good at my job—but she didn’t see it that way (or, at least, she worried that other people wouldn’t see it that way). I knew then that if I had to choose between the two, I would choose grief. And so I did. Months after that conversation, I put in my notice. I left my position at the end of 2017, deciding to give myself time to better process the loss of my husband and figure out…

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