You Never Know When a Memory of a Lost Loved One Will Hit You
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“Death leaves a heartache no one can heal,
love leaves a memory no one can steal.”
~ From a headstone in Ireland
I was just online contacting companies who have sent way too many fundraiser and contribution letters to my mom over the years – asking that she be removed from their lists. When I came back from Nebraska this time I brought back several of dad’s farming magazines too. As I picked up one to enter the URL into the computer I burst out crying.
You never know when it will hit you.
Dad passed away Dec. 4., he had macular degeneration for over 15 years, but he continued to get his farming magazines and catalogues as it just wasn’t a thing to stop or discontinue yet, even though he couldn’t read them. Mom was okay letting me take a few of them this time.
And so it is with loss and love and memories of better times in our lives with our families and friends. Dad loved farming. He loved cows especially. He loved the land and crops and tractors and talking with other farmers about farming.
Grief cannot be hurried and will catch you in moments unaware throughout life, that’s just how it works.
I hope you let yourself release your good and sad and other emotions when they come up too. It’s a very healthy thing to do for yourself and your family.
©2009 Kim Wolinski, MSW “Dr. DeClutter” Stress, Change and Organizational Skills Expert www.drdeclutter.com
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