Wednesday, August 15, 2018

8/5/2018 Caring Bridge

Journal entry by Joanne Negstad — Aug 5, 2018
      Grief has so many dimensions I'd never considered.  Recently a new concept was introduced to me, beyond anything I'd imagined.  A mutual friend of ours, Joanne and me, is grieving the loss of participating in our relationship.  Enjoying the exchanges, the conversation, the banter, the give and take in which Joanne I engaged is not longer available to another who witnessed and participated in it.  This is a loss I'd never considered. 
        It is sweet that another would consider witnessing that interplay as a gift.  I am honored by this.  Death certainly precipitates a multitude of grief experiences, many of which I'd never imagined.  
        All the while, learning or not, there is the presence of absence.

Blessings,

Al

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