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The Reality Of Death
“Loving you is easy, I do it every day. Missing you is the heartache that never goes away”
I’ve seen this little quote, in various different wordings scattered across social medias and greetings cards so many times. It’s a nice sentiment, but it’s one that’s become a bit of a cliche. I’m not saying this to belittle or put anyone down, so please don’t think that.
GRIEF IS UNIVERSAL
It just got me thinking. Grief is one emotion that is all at once, both universally understandable, and universally incomprehensible.
There is not one person on this planet that will not come into contact with the emotion of grief at some point in their lives (sociopaths excluded). I think it is one of those times when we would all love to be able to switch our emotions off, but this isn’t possible. Believe me, I wish it was.
FOUR YEARS AGO TODAY, IT WAS MY FRIEND’S FUNERAL.
The day she died, I found her in the morning. She was just laying in bed. She could have been asleep if it weren’t for the silence. There’s nothing like the silence of death. I know that sounds like a cliche too, but there isn’t.
It truly is deafening. It is the quietest quiet that you will ever experience, and it seems to last forever, as if the minutes…
