Tuesday, July 07, 2015

Bittersweet Moments


“You will lose someone you can’t live without, and your heart will be badly broken, and the bad news is that you never completely get over the loss of your beloved. But this is also the good news. They live forever in your broken heart that doesn’t seal back up. And you come through. It’s like having a broken leg that never heals perfectly—that still hurts when the weather gets cold, but you learn to dance with the limp.” ― Anne Lamott


After spending a fun week with my extended family, there were some bittersweet thoughts.  Someone was missing and yet so many new wonderful people have been added to our lives through birth and marriage.  My sisters joke that I am always the one that will cry when we start talking about Mom, but I'm okay with it--it is sad that she is gone. I'm glad that I've made it through the hardest part and that I've learned how to "dance with the limp."  I'm thankful for each day that I get to speak into my own kids' lives and hopefully there will be many more.

"The cycle of grief has its own timetable. Until that cycle is honored and completed we are moving along life's path with an anchor down." — Ann Linnea in Deep Water Passage

Love, 
Louise

4 comments:

  1. Peace to your heart, Louise. Moms are so deeply loved, always.

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    1. Thank you, Laura. I do feel "okay" with her being gone but I think the "what ifs" will always be there.

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  2. Thanks for the Anne Lamott quote and the reminder to remember to still dance, even if it is with a limp. Seeing photos of your dear Mom brings back wonderful memories of our early years in Langley.

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    1. I wish I had read Anne Lamott's books earlier in the grief process. Thank you for commenting, and yes, so many great memories of the early years in the Langley community (CRC and LCS etc.)

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