The Road

A really good friend of mine recently lost a loved one. She was going through a particularly difficult time, so I lent her my ear and wrote her a letter. With her permission, I am going to share that letter with you in case anyone else out there is going through the same, I sure hope this helps you too.

The Road

Losing a loved one is the same as losing a good part of your soul. It doesn't matter who they are in your life or how they leave, the hole is the same. Time, they say, heals all wounds, but there are some that reach too deep. You will not be the same as you were before them. Do not expect that and do not expect things to go back to the way they were. The person who you loved made up a part of you and though they are gone, though you feel a hair better than the dead, they live on through you.

Their laugh, their love, their influence remains. No one can take that from you. If they were your strength, let them still be your strength. If they were your happy thought, let memories of them fill you with that bright, glow of happiness. But let these emotions, these powers start in different ways. You know how strong you felt when they were with you. Recall that feeling that the world was yours when you looked in their eyes. The world is still yours.

The sun still rises.

Breathe.

Take slow, deep breaths.

The road ahead is long and there are many rough points ahead, but you will endure. You will persevere. You will get through.

Who knows what awaits at the end of the road, but that end is an awful long way from where you are now. Enjoy the ride and don't forget to look back and realize all that you have overcome.

Stay strong, my dear, readers. I assure you, it is going to get better.

Your humble author,
S. Faxon