I successfully did not eat turkey this year.
Oh there was turkey....
but the ham
was there too.
I didn't eat turkey
in solidarity
with all others
in this world
who are having...
now have had...
their first
Thanksgiving
following a season of grief.
I hear,
I know...
Shouldn't
I be finished with my grief?
I know people around me...
people who read this blog
are ready for
my season of grief to end.
Grief for me
as for you...
is a nuisance.
It gets in the way.
It gets weary, tiresome.
I know,
I hear....
Grief is often confused with
whining...
self pity.
Isn't it time for my
grief to finished!
It
will.
In time....
I
will
be
where everyone
wants me to be.
In time.
What I have learned:
Grief
is like God....
Neither operate on
your schedule...
or mine.
All one can do is live into
grief...
God.
I for one
choose to have the courage
to talk my way through this journey.
I pray my words will
shed light....
for those who need light.
Grief?
Today?
For me...
it's not as deep...
not as cutting....
not as painful
as it
was....
as it
has been...
but it remains.
4 comments:
I hear ya ... it takes time to heal and recover ... and when we least expect it our grief wells up once again ...
Hang in there ... one step at a time, this journey continues ... Love ya my brother,
I love you, too. And I missed you at our Thanksgiving this year.
I pray you work through your grief in your own time and are able to join us next year.
We can even skip the turkey if that's what you want.
Is one ever "done" with grief? I think it is always there shaping who you are today because of what has happened in the past. The hope is that it doesn't dominate who you are, and that you can still laugh and be yourself ... a little more mature, a little more wise, a little more compassionate, a little more aware, a little more ...
thinking of you...
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