These days
It is hard to believe, as I look forward and beyond another Father’s Day, that my own father has been gone for three years, as it is equally difficult to realize that it has been more than three months since my wife passed away. brother-in-law, and it’s been less than twelve weeks since my aunt lost her son.
This means that other family members besides me have also been grieving, having lost a grandparent, a parent, a spouse, a child, a brother or brother-in-law, a sister or sister-in-law, an aunt or uncle, a cousin and / or a close friend.
The point is that everyone loses someone, but not all losses are the same, nor do we all suffer in the same way or at the same rate. Just as every relationship is different, so is every loss, but they can end up sharing two very different and distinct characteristics, gratitude and regret.
It was these thoughts, along with this quote from “Remember” by English poet Christina Rossetti â € • “It is better to forget and smile than to remember and be sad” that inspired me to write the following parable.
I really hope that the heartfelt message of “These days” awakens some emotions in you that we have all felt; Emotions that shine a more encouraging light not on a person’s death, but on their life by helping to give those who grieve a measure of gratitude for what was and less regret for what remains.
These days
Much has changed since you left.
And desire; He had known it all along. How your loss would always mean
My having to wonder what could have been.
Now I believe with all my heart.
We cry to two people when we part.
It is the one we love; that is sure.
And the one; once we were.
Sometimes I don’t know who
What I miss the most Maybe because;
We were so close.
He knew that life would become a penny.
When you said, “We’ve had a lot of time.”
And I found; how difficult it would be.
When I said, “We will never have enough for me.”
There are times,
Although you are no longer here;
When i feel you close
And it becomes very clear.
It is a memory like this that helps to see.
So sad, how it makes me;
How grateful; I should be.
So we must never forget the past.
We should only express our regrets.
In many ways, there is no blame.
These days will never be the same again.
© 2019 RichardLawrenceBelford
In this life, we often leave or are left wishing we had just five more minutes, please take one of them to share this article on behalf of those who not only miss their father, but anyone dear to their heart! !