There are many ways to describe grief, but Sue Peterson, a counselor in Methow Valley specializing in grief and loss, has a unique perspective.
“I think that grief is like a good bowel movement. It is healthy and necessary. It’s universal. We absorb what might nourish us and get rid of the waste, and the waste can even become fertilizer in the soil for new growth and life that can be meaning-making from our loss,”…