I opened Facebook this morning and one of my "memories" came up from a year ago.
A black and white photograph of a young woman, sitting curled on a chair with eyes closed. "The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not 'get over' the loss of a loved one; you will learn to live with it. You will heal and you will rebuild yourself aound the loss you have suffered. You will be whole again but you will never be the same. Nor should you be the same nor would you want to."
How timely......because that call I was dreading came this morning. Inevitable and I was "prepared"....but I wasn't ready. Was never going to be ready.
So life goes on, the world doesn't come to a stop. The dog needs a walk, I need to get to the grocery store, I need to stop at the library, we are going to dinner at a friend's house tonight.
But everything I do today and for days to come will involved toting a box of Kleenex along with me.
A sad, sad day for our little family.
But then a Facebook smile - my dear cousin died on "Elephant Appreciation Day"....and the photos included in that post from someone can do nothing but make you smile. I think she would have laughed about this.
Tears and laughter.....hand in hand. Life.
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