My mom recently passed away. Although my mom was my best friend and of course someone very important in my life I am coping with her loss pretty well she isn’t in pain anymore. She was sick for a long time and I was blessed to have her over a decade after she was diagnosed with kidney failure.

A year ago is when I got into a sub/dom dynamic and although my dom and I have taken things pretty slow as I am new to BDSM things are slowly moving back into normality(going back to work, people are slowly stopping to check on my family and I…etc etc). My dom has also given me both space and time to get through this difficult time with my family.

I know we all cope with loss differently but how do I know when I am ready to continue with my dom. Should I take more time to myself? I know for sure I want to sit down with my dom and talk about where we both are emotionally before/if we continue anything.

TLDR: my mom just died, dom gave me space and time, things are going back to normal, when do I know that I’m ready to unpause my relationship with my dom?