Realization

Integration You begin to understand how the loss has reshaped you. Memories may still bring tears, but they also bring warmth. The pain is no longer a sharp edge, but a thread in your story. You carry the person, the dream, or the identity you lost in a new way, woven into your being.The sixth piece in the Flowerfly series. When understanding finally arrives. Watercolor mixed media on paper, 11x14 inches. Original by Jane the Stranger. Part of the Flowerfly series — nine watercolor mixed media pieces mapping the stages of grief and the path through them. Each piece was made to hold a feeling most people don't have words for.