Heavy Gratefulness

Gratitude does not always come easy.

Sometimes it arrives with trembling hands,

laden with the weight of what was lost

and what was barely salvaged.

It is heavy—

because to be grateful

is to remember the ache that came before,

to acknowledge the storm

that left you standing in its wake.

And yet,

this heaviness is holy.

It anchors you to the present,

reminds you that survival itself

is a gift.

Heavy gratefulness—

a burden you choose to carry,

because even in the sorrow,

you found something worth holding onto.