Learning to live without someone and finding peace
Learning to live without someone definitely has its challenges. It can leave us depressed if the loss is due to death. This depression comes in waves that can feel crushing but through the depression comes a sense of peace. It is hard to understand until you experience it. I guess the best way to explain it is that you feel a calm blanket of love come over you while also feeling like you’re getting a bear hug from the one you lost and you just know they are okay. It brings tears of joy and a warm heart filled with love. Each day I am reminded of the love my mother had for her husband, her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. It shines in the smiles and laughter when my grandson points to her picture and says “Great-gramma”. It is in the memories of her colouring with him and playing hot wheels, in the memories of the time she held her great-granddaughter and fed her, in the silly pictures with my daughters from when they were little or even in t...