Love & Loss Grief has reshaped my life in ways I never saw coming. by Kelly Schremph 32 minutes ago Natalia Lebedinskaia/Getty Images The grief of losing a parent is indescribable. You end up mourning not just the person you lost, but the person you were when they were still alive. In many ways, it feels like a piece of you died with them and you’re forced to create a new life that may look the same as your old life, but feels very, very different.