Coming to terms with a new life we never wanted is hard. So many losses pile up as the weeks and months pass. Loss of our loved ones, loss of self, loss of the living. The one I struggle with now and have from the first night is loss of that feeling of being safe. You lock your doors and check your windows at night and feel that you are safely tucked inside your world, your life, your home.
Yes Men do Cry
Many will relate to my journey of grieving and yes many may still be struggling or trying to cope. We do put on facade even years later as we don’t want you to have to worry. There is more to grieving than it just being a word that we think we understand. Grieving a step into the unknown.
“I know this is going sound a little crazy, but I would never have thought grief was so emotional,” Sophia whispered.
I smiled. Sophia smiled too, and then giggled.
“That felt good,” she sighed. “But seriously, my emotions are over the top and all over the place. What do I do with them?”
Good question.
I would give anything for one more day with you.
Just to feel the warmth of your gentle touch.
What I would give just to hear your voice, the joy in your contagious laughter, and never dull stories.
What I would give to have you sitting in your chair asking "What's cooking? It sure smells mighty good"
Over the last 7 years, I have followed a very contorted murder trial. It ended just recently with life without the possibility of parole. The murderers only claim to fame was not only how she murdered a good man but how she keep murdering him in court. A devastated family had to sit through years of deep sorrow and rage.
By Lou LaGrand Submitted On April 14, 2015
What is it that lingers for you? Is it guilt, anger, and frustration? Do you feel guilty because you should have done more in the life of the one you lost? Are you angry because they left you too soon? Are you frustrated because no one in the world around you understa
