To give thanks. That is what everyone does on a special Thursday in November. So, here's the thing. Despite having faced the worst day in my life, I do give thanks this year. Do I dare say that in giving thanks this year, that I also find great joy. For forty years I was loved and cherished. Every. Single. Day. It almost seems unbelievable as I write this, but it's true. Sometimes I can't even wrap my mind around how lucky I was to have such love. It hurts like hell to be missing that love now, but oh how grateful I am for the experience of it all. For this I will be eternally thankful and, yes, joyful in the memories of it all.
"To live in this world
you must be able
to do three things:
to love what is mortal;
to hold it
against your bones knowing
your own life depends on it;
and, when the time comes to let it
go,
to let it go."
By Mary Oliver
Happy Thanksgiving!
2 comments:
So blessed with a great husband, while I know the holidays are going to be difficult without him, I'm glad the memories are joyful. A good man, a good life well lived. We remember all those who gave so much joy to our hearts and give us hope.
I miss our lifelong conversation ♥️
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