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Thursday, May 6, 2010
Where does the Love go after the Loss of a Loved One?
What I really mean is what happens to all of the "things" that connect us to our loved ones? For instance, their phone number & home address ~ are we supposed to delete it? What about saved phone messages? A friend and I were recently lamenting over this as we have both lost multiple loved ones. My Father-in-Law, whom I loved dearly just passed away from the insidious disease of Lung Cancer in February. Just like that ~ he was gone! The depth of sadness I feel is still so profound and raw. I have saved all of his messages from the last few months of his life and cannot fathom erasing them. I still can't bring myself to remove (my now deceased friend) Robyn's name from my home phone, I told her. I think of Robyn all the time and she has been gone for 6 years now. Is there ever a proper time to let go? My two cents.
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you are not alone...I still keep my dad's telephone numbers and address in my address book. It's been 4 years and it's still fresh.
ReplyDeleteThank you so very much for sharing!! All we can do is take it one day at a time! One of my favorite lines is from a movie called, Someone Like You ~ with Ashley Judd and Hugh Jackman. The line is: "Time wounds, all heals" So very true! I really appreciate your comment
ReplyDeleteI don't think we ever completely "let go" of our lost loved ones. If they are related to us biologically of course,genetically we carry a part of them with us and pass that on to future generations. I think that as time goes on we find a place in our hearts, a store house for our memories and in doing so, the memory of our lost loved ones become as much a part of us as any body part we possess. There could come a time when their phone number can be forgotten, their message might be erased, but nothing will ever erase that memory. It will be a part of us until we ourselves become a cherished memory for someone who once loved us.
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