This is me. Perfectly imperfect.

I’m a widower, author, and dialysis patient living with end-stage kidney failure.

I’ve buried people I love. I face an uncertain future.

But I keep showing up for others who grieve.

Even in the midst of grief, there is grace.

#GrievingForward

Sometimes grief is reaching for your phone to call someone you love.

For a moment, you forget they’re gone.

Then you remember.

Who is someone you still wish you could call?

I’d love to hear about them.

#GriefSupport #GrievingForward

The funeral ends. The visitors go home. The phone grows quiet.

But your grief is still there.

If you’re living through that silence, you don’t have to pretend you’re okay.

What’s something you wish people understood about grief?

#GriefSupport #GrievingForward

If you’ve recently lost someone, you don’t have to figure out tomorrow.
You don’t have to be strong for everyone else. And you don’t have to hide your tears.

If you’d like to, tell me the name of someone you’re missing today. I’d be honored to remember them with you.

#GriefSupport #GrievingForward

I’m John Anno, a widower and author of It’s OK to Cry: A Widower’s Journey.

Here, we talk honestly about grief, faith, and learning to live again.

No deadlines. No pressure to move on. Just a place where you don’t have to grieve alone.

#GriefSupport #GrievingForward

One of life’s better surprises is discovering you’re still capable of things you never imagined.

New interests.

Unexpected courage.

A willingness to try again.

You haven’t finished discovering yourself.

What’s something that surprised you about yourself recently?

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You do not have to become who you were before.

Life changes us.

Sometimes moving forward means learning to trust the person you are becoming now.

#GrievingForward #PersonalGrowth

You do not need a complete life overhaul this Monday.

One good decision can be enough.

One step.
One conversation.
One change.

Start there.

#GrievingForward #MondayMindset

A little Sunday reminder:

Your worth is not measured by how much you accomplish.

Rest.
Pray.
Laugh.
Enjoy the people around you.

A peaceful day is not a wasted day.

#GrievingForward #SundayReflection

Your life still has memories waiting to be made.

New ones don’t replace the old ones.

They simply give your story more pages.

Here’s to saying yes to something unexpected this weekend.

#GrievingForward #ChooseJoy

Not everything needs to be productive.

Sometimes a good day is coffee, sunshine, a favorite song, and absolutely nothing accomplished.

Make room for joy this weekend.

What’s your favorite way to spend a completely free afternoon?

#GrievingForward #ChooseJoy

What helped you survive one season may not help you thrive in the next.

You are allowed to outgrow old routines, old limits, and old ways of protecting yourself.

That is growth.

#GrievingForward #PersonalGrowth

You do not have to carry all of yesterday into today.

Keep the lesson.

Leave the weight.

Let today be its own day.

#GrievingForward #FreshStart

Sometimes faith sounds like:

“God, get me through today.”

And sometimes, later, it becomes:

“God, show me what to do with tomorrow.”

Both prayers matter.

That second one is part of grieving forward.

#GrievingForward #Faith

Don’t get so focused on what changed that you miss what is still good.

A peaceful morning.
A good conversation.
A reason to laugh.
Something worth looking forward to.

Notice it.

#GrievingForward #Gratitude

Before Grieving Forward, there was the journey that taught me what moving forward could mean.

That story became It’s OK to Cry: A Widowers Journey.

Written from my own experience as a widower for others walking through loss.

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You are allowed to outgrow an old version of yourself.

Different priorities.
Different boundaries.
Different dreams.

Not everyone has to understand your next chapter.

They just do not get to write it for you.

#GrievingForward #PersonalGrowth

You do not owe your old plans your entire future.

You are allowed to change direction.

Priorities change.
People change.
Life changes.

Sometimes moving forward means choosing a different road.

#GrievingForward #PersonalGrowth

Not every next chapter needs to be bigger.

Sometimes moving forward means:

less noise
more meaning
fewer obligations
deeper relationships
more peace

A quieter life can still be a fuller life.

#GrievingForward #ChoosePeace

You do not need a breakthrough to be moving forward.

Sometimes progress is quiet.

A plan.
A laugh.
A conversation.
A small decision to keep going.

Small wins still count.

#GrievingForward #SmallWins