Finding treasures in darkness

Post-traumatic-growth. There was a time when
I didn’t know if I would ever laugh again.

Grace is:

–the ability to put one foot in front of the other.

–the ability to get up and get through another day.

–the ability to live one more day without your loved one.

–the ability to keep loving even though love doesn’t seem to be coming back.

–wiping away your tears as innumerable as the stars in the sky.

I don’t want to lose the deeper level of empathy I’ve discovered.

I’m in pain and I always will be, but the game-changer has been
accepting I’m basically going to feel this way forever.

So let’s build a life around that.

Grief never leaves, and so let’s work with it.

I see no halos
witness no wings
yet I know this much
I am in
the company of angels.

Let’s at least try to do something good.

I am grateful to an article by Will Swanton for the lines that inspired this piece.

Dream intentionally - while you’re awake.