This is the 8th anniversary of my daughter's death.
Grief strikes as if I'd never cried before.
Through the tears I'm grateful.
Some people never have a daughter.
Suzanne was one of the most interesting people I have ever known, not easy to understand but easy to love. You're right, some of us never get to have a daughter, so I'm glad you are grateful...
My father died last November from diabetes which brought on heart failure and kidney failure, but he did not want to go to a nursing facility and they could not operate since he was 85 and neither his kidney nor heart were strong. Your reflection comes at a good time. I was triggered by an old friend's comment yesterday and all the tears came back to me again and I was so sad. I cannot image the loss for a child which you raised, cared for, and loved. Yet our children do not belong to us, it is only the memory of times past that haunts us. The spirits of our loved ones gone are free. We are now just their passing fancy. Take care of yourself Jann...thank you for these jewels. Evelyn in Taipei
Suzanne was one of the most interesting people I have ever known, not easy to understand but easy to love. You're right, some of us never get to have a daughter, so I'm glad you are grateful...
ReplyDeleteMy father died last November from diabetes which brought on heart failure and kidney failure, but he did not want to go to a nursing facility and they could not operate since he was 85 and neither his kidney nor heart were strong. Your reflection comes at a good time. I was triggered by an old friend's comment yesterday and all the tears came back to me again and I was so sad. I cannot image the loss for a child which you raised, cared for, and loved. Yet our children do not belong to us, it is only the memory of times past that haunts us. The spirits of our loved ones gone are free. We are now just their passing fancy. Take care of yourself Jann...thank you for these jewels. Evelyn in Taipei
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