Today I drove past my daughter's High School, the Dairy Queen we used to make late night ice cream runs to, and the condo where she died while I slept soundly in the next room. The tears gushed even as I fought them back. I sobbed over my steering wheel like I sometimes do when I travel down this road. Yet rather than avoid it, I make myself go down this terrible street. Why?
Holidays can be naturally hard. When you’ve lost someone, special days can seem impossible.
“I’m scared. It’s like I’m frozen and can’t move. How am I going to face our anniversary without him?” said Tina, whose husband Frank died.
“When I look ahead to Father’s Day, all I can think about is him,” said Jeff, who lost his father.
There are habits that one may take on in life that are simple such as coffee in the morning, a glass of wine in every evening, my very personal favorite is a Diet Coke with 2 straws. Whatever our daily routines, these are the things that tend to be constants in our day. They don't necessarily affect our Health and they make us Happy or "Calm our stresses".
God put Angel Wings Upon you
For he had to call you home
We didn’t see this day was coming
Oh, how I wish we could have known
I would have wrapped my arms around you
I would have never let you go
I would have kissed your face so softly
I Love you more than you could know
You have touched my life in ways
Accidental Insight
"When you have lost a child"
Takes more to breathe deep
Takes more to reach out
Takes more to hold on
Takes more to let go
Takes more to release
Takes more to believe
Takes more to understand
"When you have lost a child"
I have been unable to write for a while. I need to tell you why, but I am not sure where to start for this 'stage' of my life has come as a shock to me. By the time I am done, I hope you will understand what I've said, the meaning of this 'new' development in this quest to survive grief.
Cynicism
Dominick Parisi
Last days with my terminally ill father (from the book Given Time to Say Goodbye)
November 13 - Prescious moments
