Grief As A Tree

 
Every year, as the anniversary of my daughter's death approaches, something in my body knows.  
 
I become forgetful, day-dreamy, sedentary and self-focused.  I feel a need to nurture myself, to take it easy.  Some years, I have felt a need to honor the day.

Move Forward

It never crossed my mind that you wouldn't be here

I thought we had more time, at least another year

There isn't a day that I don't think of you and the places we went

I'm so grateful for the memories and the time we got to spend

I know in my heart you wouldn't want me to spend the rest of my life upset

If you were alive you would have won that bet...

Almost One Year

Each day I wake up

I close my eyes

I take a deep breath

lookng up to see if you can see me

can you hear me?

there are many beliefs to what happens to our loved ones

once you say goodbye

All I know was you called me the apple of your eye

So all I can do is look up at the sky 

Keep my head high

Try everything not to cry

It Was All So Sudden

Sudden loss is shocking.

Like a missile out of the blue, it can devastate our world in an instant.

It happened so quickly

“It happened so quickly. One minute he seemed fine, and the next he was gone. It was all so sudden,” Connie said through her tears.

Matt had been mowing the lawn. He came inside, sat down in his recliner and feel asleep.