It has been a season of loss. Has it for all? Being an empath, a word I didn’t know (v empathy I did) until some years ago makes so many deaths those I born. In my religion we have a prayer that asks would we want no more deaths if it meant no more new lives. I always choke up, cry and think and never reach an answer.
The sun cannot return people. Oh the weight of that phrase. And the yearning your words evoke for all those in my life who will not return. Thank you (and your son) for this honest conversation and reminder that we are alive today, in this moment, and that is something to celebrate.
Alive again today - yes, so worthy of celebration and yet somehow hard to keep track of the gift. Thank you for reading and this lovely comment, Julie.
Beautiful.
Thank you, Elaine ❤️
A moving piece, beautifully written about what life gives us and takes away. Thank you Jen
Brilliant, touching, and universal.
Thank you so much for reading, Joe.
If a piece of writing could be more than perfect, this would be it. Thank you especially for "deep animated catalogue."
Susie! I feel the same way about his comment ;) Thank you!
It has been a season of loss. Has it for all? Being an empath, a word I didn’t know (v empathy I did) until some years ago makes so many deaths those I born. In my religion we have a prayer that asks would we want no more deaths if it meant no more new lives. I always choke up, cry and think and never reach an answer.
Thanks for sharing this unanswerable question, Joan
It remains very difficult.
Thank you for such magnificent writing about your family as they experience some of life's glorious and ghastly realities. I love your son.
Thank you, Jinks. I have to say he's pretty magical :)
her son's voice was clear and wonderful
Thank you, Sandra!
The sun cannot return people. Oh the weight of that phrase. And the yearning your words evoke for all those in my life who will not return. Thank you (and your son) for this honest conversation and reminder that we are alive today, in this moment, and that is something to celebrate.
Alive again today - yes, so worthy of celebration and yet somehow hard to keep track of the gift. Thank you for reading and this lovely comment, Julie.
Exquisite and Lyrical. But painful.
Thank you, Gina. I love the adjectives you chose -- these are life.
Beautifully written!
Thank you so much, Stephanie.
Told so well.
Thank you, Robin!
A profoundly exquisite piece.
I'll always take exquisite ;) Thank you, Virginia.
Wonderful narration of a parent’s journey with a child through life’s sorrows and joys.
Thank you, Marci.
This is just so beautiful!
Ah, Sukhada -- thank you!
a beautiful story beautifully written
Thank you, Kathy!