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I was reminded this week that there are some things that you will never forget. I would rather like to say, some things you will always remember. The first directs you to things that once were. But the latter catapults you into the future.
I was reminded when I learned of the death of my brother's father-in-love's wife that there are some things that I will always remember. As I heard the news, my heart went back to the day of my beloved's leaving for this earthly realm. All the emotions I felt then now flooded me again as I realized their loss was also a remembrance of my loss. It was as is I were living it all over again.
And it is almost the one year birthday in heaven of my daughter-in-love's dad. These are such sad occasions on so many different emotional levels. It is hard for the people who are actually going through them as well as the ones, like I, who are walking along side of them. I grieve with them for their loss and I also remember mine.
At times, time and space seem to move at quantum speed and you wonder where they have gone, they are so fleeting. And at other times, time and space seem to linger, hanging around like the uninvited guest you just wish would just go home. Such a paradoxical dilemma entangles our fragile emotions and you seem to feel lost in them.
So you can say, there are some things you will never forget. This can lead you to living in the past and a ton of regret. But, I prefer to say there are some things you will always remember. I know that what I remember has forever changed me and made me into the person I am today, a person who looks forward to what the future holds.
I was reminded when I learned of the death of my brother's father-in-love's wife that there are some things that I will always remember. As I heard the news, my heart went back to the day of my beloved's leaving for this earthly realm. All the emotions I felt then now flooded me again as I realized their loss was also a remembrance of my loss. It was as is I were living it all over again.
And it is almost the one year birthday in heaven of my daughter-in-love's dad. These are such sad occasions on so many different emotional levels. It is hard for the people who are actually going through them as well as the ones, like I, who are walking along side of them. I grieve with them for their loss and I also remember mine.
At times, time and space seem to move at quantum speed and you wonder where they have gone, they are so fleeting. And at other times, time and space seem to linger, hanging around like the uninvited guest you just wish would just go home. Such a paradoxical dilemma entangles our fragile emotions and you seem to feel lost in them.
So you can say, there are some things you will never forget. This can lead you to living in the past and a ton of regret. But, I prefer to say there are some things you will always remember. I know that what I remember has forever changed me and made me into the person I am today, a person who looks forward to what the future holds.