Wild Sibling Grief Prompts: The Draft Came to Pittsburgh
3 free prompts on the grief that lives inside the moments your sibling would have loved
Earlier this week, in the post on the NFL Draft coming to Pittsburgh, I wrote about what it means to notice the world on behalf of our sibling(s) who is (are) no longer here to see it.
If any of that landed, these prompts are for you.
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If you want to sit with this a little longer, here are a few prompts to write through this week.
You have been noticing the world on your sibling’s behalf, whether you named it that way or not. Think about how that noticing actually lives in your body. Is it something that arrives suddenly, or does it build? Does it feel like sadness, like love, like something that doesn’t have a clean word yet? Write about the noticing itself, not just what triggered it.
The continuing bond you carry with your sibling is not made only of the things they would have loved. Some of it is made of the things they would have made harder, louder, more complicated, more infuriating in their own particular way. Write one of those things down without softening it. The full picture of who they were is part of what you are still carrying, and it deserves the same room.
Write your sibling a short update. Not a goodbye. Just the news. Tell them about something they missed, something that happened in the world they loved, or something that made you think of them this week. Three lines is enough. The relationship is still a place you can go.
If these prompts helped, the full Wild Grief Prompt Set goes deeper. Paid subscribers get 9 prompts later today that explore the continuing bond, carrying your sibling into the futures they were supposed to have, and what it means to keep noticing the world on their behalf.
If one or more of these landed, I'd love to know which one(s).
Warmly,
Angela
Tony’s little sister 🐺
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