Here is today's entry in the book I read every morning, Healing After Loss: Daily Meditations for Working Through Grief by Martha Whitmore Hickman.
How much time we spend anguishing over a future without the one we love—anticipating all the times we would have expected that person to be present with us, sharing our life.
Yet the future is unknown to us. We ourselves may not be present at these events we look toward anticipating grief. Why spend the energy of our lives on an unknowable future when the present world lies all around us, moment by moment, day by day? There is grief enough here. But we do not need to compound that grief by projecting ourselves into a time beyond our knowledge or control.
Affirmation:
I feel wonderful freedom when I stop imagining my future sadness and live only in the present.
Bob and I at Tio Pepe's Restaurant, Baltimore, MD. Bob drove up from NC to MD to surprise mom on her b'day, July 15, 2004.
About Me
- Trish Hathaway Emrich
- Maryland, United States
- My beloved brother, Bob, left this physical plane unexpectedly October 2, 2006. He was 38 years old. I am going to use this blog to describe my experiences living with the loss and the many dimensions of the grief journey. This will be a place for self-exploration and also a place of support for those who are bereaved. In addition, I hope it will inform those who want to better understand someone who has lost a loved one.
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