A life well lived in full of loss and grief. No one wants to wallow in grief, and many of us avoid it as much as we can. But as with most things, avoidance isn’t much of a solution. Grief will be your companion for a long time. What if we tried befriending it? Jill Terwilliger is a hospice grief counselor with previous careers as a mental health advocate, parish minister, hospice chaplain, restorative justice facilitator, artist, and life coach. Jill’s dad died when she was 20. This experience opened a capacity in her to be with others through death, dying, and grief processes. Her family jokes that she can find the dark side of most any topic, but for Jill, grief is the root of joy.