<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Grief Unapologetically]]></title><description><![CDATA[Grief Unapologetically]]></description><link>https://www.griefunapologetically.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 12:49:52 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.griefunapologetically.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[I Am Not Okay]]></title><description><![CDATA["Are you okay?" "Yeah, why?" "I'm not".  "Huh?" "I am not okay." Silence. "I am not okay and I don't know if I ever will be. I do not know who I am anymore. I will never be as happy as I was when he was alive. I will never be the same. That scares me. It is a lot for anyone to deal with and I do not know what to do." Silence. That is a conversation I had the other day. That is the first time I have said that out loud to anyone that wasn't my therapist or part of my grief support since Gabriel...]]></description><link>https://www.griefunapologetically.com/post/i-am-not-okay</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d5ab94d3b1a3633e6e40ea</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 02:20:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/253a3a_7bf10905a8434d52ac1ba1c8e99d987c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Bobbie McCleery</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humor Has It]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gabriel's humor is-was-wildly inappropriate. Quick-witted and aiming to get a reaction, he never shied away from any joke. No matter the subject, cancer included. It would infuriate me at times. He would make these jokes in public, at home, the hospital. Gabriel gave zero cares who, what, where or when. With a grin and a gleam, he spouted off whatever came to mind. Here he was this 12 year old boy appearing to have not a care in the world, no terminal illness lingering over him, making jokes...]]></description><link>https://www.griefunapologetically.com/post/humor-has-it</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69cc920a4c31bb6f64be8356</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 23:08:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/253a3a_084e20ab02c84251918d33ebb6d949e0~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Bobbie McCleery</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>