Those Who Get It

“Surround yourself with people who get it.” - Author of quote unknown -

Such a profound statement.  Such people are indeed priceless. They will help you through your darkest moments in grief:

When you’re being unreasonable, when you feel hopeless and cannot be comforted, their presence in your life, their being there will help you through. When you feel stronger again it will be your turn to be there for them in their darker moments. It will be your opportunity to be the same for them and to inspire them when they stumble on this very rocky journey.

You do not need to be there physically. There are many friends you will never meet in person, especially on this grief journey.  On sites like this.  A network of friends you never thought you would have. They are the ones brought across your path by no coincidence.  They are God's hands of comfort extended. Technology and social media is not all bad – I have met the most incredible people this way at a time when I was otherwise shut out from a world which had no idea what I was going through.

In my world the familiar ones around me - my existing friends and family - love and care, but do not share my experience and as yet are untouched by profound personal loss, and therefore, through no fault of their own cannot quite fill that space of "those who get it”.  "Those who get it", who share the experience of profound loss, add a dimension which we desperately need.  A space where we feel safe, understood.  We cannot do this without God and "those who get it".  I salute all those in my life "who get it".