semi-daily journal of my thoughts and feelings(hopefully) On my life living in the Rocky Mountains...
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4/01/2005 My Heart is broken… on the surface, and, possibly, under circumstances other than these, that might seem like a light thing…after all, modern science and medicine has advanced so much that, setting a broken bone, repairing flesh, or even replacing an old heart with a new one, given the right circumstances, seems, almost to be, no big deal…but this is different…the part of my heart that is broken is not so much broken as, well…missing… A Place that once was filled with kind words… pleasant smiles.., filled up with another oh-so-generous heart, is gone … and my sadness-that desolate emptiness that I am feeling today-I admit- is for me…for my loss… -I can’t escape that-but it is also for the family… for so many friends and loved ones who have also had a large part of their hearts snatched from them… Bones can be set and can mend…skin can be grafted and, with any luck, grown again…but can this piece of our hearts, the one that Patti filled so completely, be filled up again ? I don’t think so…The best we can do, I think, is to love and keep and hold dear those people- our husbands and wives and children and grandchildren close to our hearts, and, by doing that, Just as Patti held her family and loved ones close, can, somehow, hold a part of her in our hearts… small as it may seem… It will never fill the void that her passing has left, but it is a legacy that I’m sure she would approve of and surely hope for…Bart, Patti’s husband, summed it up so well…the first time I spoke to him after Patti’s death he said: “When you go home tonight, make sure you tell your wife that you love her…” …so simple…yet so true…and better yet, also embrace your children, your family….let them know they have a special place in your heart, too… For every smile that we will miss…for every hug and kind word and generous action that we must now do without because of her passing, we can keep a part of Patti alive in our hearts by passing on the kindness and the love that she gave so freely… We will never completely heal from losing her, but we can find solace in honoring her memory by, if we do no other thing…to love-and to show that love-to those around us… posted by David | 4/01/2005 05:07:00 AM
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