“Grief can be a burden, but also an anchor. You get used to the weight, how it holds you in place.” ―Sarah Dessen
Loss
Absence Is A House
“Absence is a house so vast that inside you will pass through its walls and hang pictures on the air.” ―Pablo Neruda
Sorting It Out
I hope everyone had a restful weekend. I'd like to welcome the new subscribers who have come on board in the last few weeks. 🙂 I'm glad you find me interesting enough to follow me on my journey. Please feel free to message me and/or leave comments. I always reply. Today was hard for me. … Continue reading Sorting It Out
A Decade
If I added up the minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years I have spent missing my mother, I am pretty sure it would be an astronomical number. All those moments have brought me to this day; the tenth anniversary. A decade without my mother. It makes me sick to my stomach, putting the words … Continue reading A Decade
A Particular Missing Part
“When someone you love dies, and you’re not expecting it, you don’t lose her all at once; you lose her in pieces over a long time—the way the mail stops coming, and her scent fades from the pillows and even from the clothes in her closet and drawers. Gradually, you accumulate the parts of her … Continue reading A Particular Missing Part
With Love
"Your life was a blessing, your memory a treasure. You are loved beyond words and missed beyond measure." -Unknown "When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure". You were everything to me for nearly eighteen years. My heart is heavy today, as I look up at the box containing your ashes, a … Continue reading With Love
He Is Not Dead
“I cannot say, and I will not say That he is dead. He is just away. With a cheery smile, and a wave of the hand, He has wandered into an unknown land And left us dreaming how very fair It needs must be, since he lingers there. And you—oh you, who the wildest yearn … Continue reading He Is Not Dead
We Are All The Pieces
“We are all the pieces of what we remember. We hold in ourselves the hopes and fears of those who love us. As long as there is love and memory, there is no true loss.” ―Cassandra Clare
Sixteen Years
Today was incredibly somber for me, and I am certain other people felt this way, as well. Every year, a deep part of me re-lives 9/11. I wasn't afraid, not for a second, but I was definitely in silent, angry shock. Sixteen years later, I still can't believe all that has transpired since that day. … Continue reading Sixteen Years
We Fear Things
"We fear things because we value them. We fear losing people because we love them. We fear dying because we value being alive. Don't wish you didn't fear anything. All that would mean is that you didn't feel anything." -Cassandra Clare, Lord of Shadows
Written by LISA MARINO-Molchanova 