Broken Shell Grief Journal
Let this journal be a companion in the midst of grief for you or anyone you care about who is feeling their way through a loss of any kind. Seeking to capture in light and shadow the way this journey can feel both blurred and fragmented, the cover design fuses imagery from two ocean scenes through repetition and mirroring. Sheer photographic overlays blend what can be seen above, below, and beyond the surface of the water at different points in time, evoking the journey of a shell—broken, but not empty, cradling the dark sand.
In classic typewriter text, front cover poem reads:
"If sometimes you feel
like a broken shell
cradling traces of
what was once solid,
you are not alone.
There is no writing in the sand
that says grief must be carried on your own.
Even when the waves rise,
you will tumble through
and be brought to rest again
in a whole new place
where the morning light will find you."
—Emily Ruth Hazel
Bullet Journal style and welcoming of small and large handwriting alike, rather than being constrained by fully defined lines, the pages are subtly dotted in a grid-like pattern (similar in scale to standard graph paper). This gives you the flexibility to frame, mark, and process your journey in multiple ways. Aside from filling the page with edge-to-edge writing, you can:
• Include hand-drawn maps and itineraries
• Visually depict your time, money, and energy budgets
• List highlights, goals, pros/cons, and things you're grateful for
• Create tables to organize your thoughts and observations or track numbers
• Sketch out ideas, doodle, and draw diagrams
• Design flow charts
• Brainstorm in a web/cluster style
• Turn the pages at an angle and write in different directions
Use the dots as a guide or ignore them—in this versatile journal, you have the freedom to choose!
• 140 dotted pages
• Size: 5.25″ × 8.25″ (13 × 21 cm)
• Flexible, soft covers with soft-touch coating
• Metal wire-o binding
**Prefer a lined journal featuring this design? See our Broken Shell Hardcover Journal.
*PAIR THIS with our Mosaic Reinvention Tote to create a thoughtful, thematically seamless care package.
This product is made especially for you as soon as you place an order, which is why it takes us a bit longer to deliver it to you. Making products on demand instead of in bulk helps reduce overproduction, so thank you for making thoughtful purchasing decisions!
