Tuesday, September 18, 2018

9/18/2018 Caring Bridge

Journal entry by Joanne Negstad — 13 minutes ago
     In the same article by Alvin Rogness that I quoted last night he went on to say, this 21 years after Paul's death: "The grief that struck with such wrenching pain, though now diminished in intensity, has remained like a minor chord among the more jubilant majors of our lives. Life lost some of its merriment and mirth, but we now know sorrow as a natural and not an ugly ingredient in life. To love is human and to grieve is human, and they belong together.  We do not want to reject either."  Alvin Rogness The Word For Every Day   "if I never would have loved, I never would have cried" the song says.  So true, but if this grief is the price of having loved Joanne, it is a small price to pay.  As Rogness says we do not want to reject either love or grief.  

Blessings,

Al

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