DID YOU REALIZE?

BETTY REE YEOMANS

"DO YOU REALIZE.......SOMEDAY YOU WILL JUST BE A PHOTO TO YOUR KIDS?"

LIKED THIS;

I HAD MY OWN NOTION  OF GRIEF......I THOUGHT IT WAS THE SAD TIME THAT FOLLOWED THE DEATH OR LOSS ......OF SOMEONE YOU LOVED.

AND YOU HAD TO PUSH THROUGH IT TO GET TO TE OTHER SIDE.

BUT I AM LEARNING THERE IS NO OTHER SIDE.......

THERE IS NO PUSHING THROUGH.......BUT RATHER,

THERE IS ONLY ABSORPTION, ADJUSTMENT AND ACCEPTANCE.

AND GRIEF IS NOT SOMETHING YOU COMPLETE......

BUT RATHER YOU ENDURE.

GRIEF IS NOT A TASK TO FINISH AND MOVE ON......

BUT AN ELEMENT OF YOURSELF.......AN ALTERATION OF YOUR BEING,

A NEW WAY OF SEEING.......

A NEW DEFINITION OF SELF..........

YES, AFTER 30 YEARS OF MARRIAGE .......YOU STILL WONDER WHY HE LEFT?

AFTER RAISING A CHILD TO ADULT HOOD.......YOU WONDER WHY THEY ABANDON THEIR IMMEDIATE FAMILY.......YOU TRY TO PUSH THROUGH TO THE OTHER SIDE OF GRIEF.......BUT YOU STILL HAVE THOSE MOMENTS OF HURT.