Listen to this when
One Sweet Day
The hardest part of grief can be the words you never said. One sweet day. 🕊️
Who it's for
The song names a very common grief experience, regret over words left unsaid, which validates it as normal rather than a personal failure.
Sad→Comforted
Feelings it meets
What it is
A 1995 duet by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men, released as the second single from Carey's album Daydream. The song is about grieving a loved one: regretting having taken their presence for granted, missing them, and imagining seeing them again in heaven.
Where to find it
Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Amazon Music (widely available).
Before you start
Heads up: Themes of death and bereavement.
Age: Ages 9+
Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain.Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet, “On Pain”
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