May love and peace nurture every fiber and soothe every loss, whether death or change: a child’s first day of kindergarten or exit to college, an older adult saying farewell to one too many friends, the lingering touch of a lost lover, a career, a disease, a flag at half mast, a move across county, a loved one’s passing, a sad childhood, daddy’s hands across mama’s empty belly. So much loss, yet somewhere the valley meets the mountaintop and seeds of hope grow, birthing flowers with smiles wide open like dimpled hydrangeas cheering, “Yes, there you are!”
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What have you survived? Are you in the protective mode of your process or maybe you are celebrating in a jubilee way? Whether we are taught spiritually or musically or by oral tradition, there is a time for everything. And, we can hold both life and death or life and loss together, respecting our grieving time frames and tender hearts, and lean into a song of survival. We can smile and cry; reflect and connect all the while we put back together the shattered pieces of our hearts.
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