Tears may soothe the wounds they cannot heal.

Crying does not fix anything, and it was never meant to. What it does is release some of the pressure that grief builds up, so that the thing you are carrying becomes possible to carry for another hour. Soothing and healing are separate acts, and the first can happen long before the second is anywhere in view. There is no failure in needing the first one repeatedly.

If tears come this week, you might let them, without treating them as a sign of progress or a lack of it. And if they do not come, that is not evidence of anything either.