Reading: Congratulations! Your Grief…

Today’s poem is Congratulations! Your Grief Is About to Stop Being Relevant! by Bridget Bell.

The Slowdown is taking a week to return to some of our favorite episodes from Maggie’s tenure so far. We’ll be back on Monday, March 30 with new episodes. Today’s episode was originally released on January 28, 2026.

In this episode, Maggie writes… “Today’s poem captures a time of grief in the speaker’s life, when life goes a little quiet after a flurry of support and care.”

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