If You Were Here
I've been reflecting on the deaths I have experienced in my life. Death, and the grief that follows, is an isolating experience. Even though others are experiencing the same loss, even they seem like outsiders. They had a different relationship with that person. And, their loss looks and feels different. Not only was their relationship different, but their personality and the way they individually grieve is different. It is in the midst of this difficult time that the world feels completely other. While you feel like things will never be the same, the world and all your friends continue on, as if this life altering event doesn't even stretch to touch the confines of their life. Then time goes on, we grieve, we heal, and we "get on" with our lives. Sometimes that takes a couple months, sometimes a few years. But, if you're like me, you never forget. I still remember very distinctly those experiences of loss, those moments, those f...