These thoughts emerged (while I sat in the crematorium waiting for the rest of the family), as if prompted by the deceased.
The last time I heard your voice Saw your face Was When You sat holding my hand Tears filling your eyes A grimace for a smile Trying hard to be brave for me... I saw all this Unable to utter a word Please understand I appreciate your efforts to comfort me It was hard to watch Understand and feel Yet not able to speak To look deeply into your heart Through your large dark pool-like eyes The path to your Loving Compassionate Caring heart... Today from a distance yet ever close I want you to know I love you... even... now...
Wow...I have to read that again.
This took me right back to caring for my Grandmother after a series of strokes...she held on for months. She was so strong... well, or afraid to move on. She was the center of our family. I miss her so much, thank you for this, it is a gift. Now I'm crying!!!
( this is damn good.)
Brightest Blessings, Shell
Reviewed by T. Emilie Dybevik (Reader)
Reviewed on September 21, 2003
Grippingly sad and sometimes the only thing we can do and others can do for us is smiply be there. Eyes really are windows into the soul. This proves it. Fantastic emotions displayed.
I have wondered whether this is what things are like on the other side... guess we'll all find out eventually. (agree with Jacqueline, beautiful and sad.)
We Will Stone Him is a raw, unfiltered trauma memoir about surviving childhood abuse, emotional manipulation, and the lifelong wounds that follow. This true story marks the beginning of the Rising From The Ashes Trilogy, John Gambacorta and his survi
She never felt safe at home as a young girl, and didn't understand why when she finally escaped she wasn't safe in the big wide world either ...effectively jumping out of the frying pan into the fire!
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This took me right back to caring for my Grandmother after a series of strokes...she held on for months. She was so strong... well, or afraid to move on. She was the center of our family. I miss her so much, thank you for this, it is a gift. Now I'm crying!!!
( this is damn good.)
Brightest Blessings, Shell
Thank you,
Teresa Emilie