Hi Liz, I think you are doing a great job. I’m glad you have Wally. I know it is a huge help to have a beloved pet. I am going through a grieving period in a different situation. My husband of 32 years has Alzheimer’s disease. He is 84 and I can’t believe how fast the disease is progressing. I try to adjust one day at a time. It became easier when I realized it is actually a grief process, because I lose a little more of him every day.
I met a woman when exercising at an indoor pool I go to, we got to talking. She lost her husband of 30 years in September and cried when she told me. It seems completely normal to do that. It is a process.
Also if you simply don’t have the energy to meet and greet people for a day, try giving yourself a rest for that day. I have found that when I do that, I bounce back the next day.
I know you are going to do better as time goes on. -Susan