THE RAWEST FORM OF LOVE IS GRIEF
THE RAWEST FORM OF LOVE
GRIEF:
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As May is quickly approaching it’ll be a year since Dad died before I know it.
A year makes it more real. It’s extremely hard for me to even look at pictures of my kids from last year because I know it was the last year he got to experience life with them.
I wish I could go back and tell him I’m sorry. I wish I could have done something to save him. I would have done anything. The desperation is so real and it makes you crazy. The sorrow in my soul is too much for words. All I can say is I miss him deeply.
One year will turn into many more years (as long as the good Lord doesn’t call me home too soon). It’s extremely humbling watching someone you love fight for their life. The rollercoaster of recovery, the surgeries, the waiting, the set backs, the wins, the love.
But man, am I so glad I got those 5 months with him to love on him, see his grandkids, and show up for him before he died and while he died. Because that’s what you do for someone you love. You step up. Doesn’t matter the circumstances, or how much or little you talk to them, or whatever differences you may have, they go away.
And you’re stripped down to rawest form of love….grief.
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