Can you believe November is almost over? December is coming up and with it, 2023 will be another year marked gone but remembered. I think about how fast time has flown and I still can’t believe that it has ticked by this fast. When I was a child, I supposed as I looked at my parents, I thought, “They would always remain this young.” But as I grew up, they got older and the thought of them leaving me was a fear that lodged into the back of my mind. It was something that haunted me when I celebrated every holiday because I was afraid I’d lose them.
And then I did…
And the holidays were never the same again and the smiling faces that called out to me was simply gone. The photos plastered over the walls became my nearest presence of them and hearing their voices were nonexistent. Each time I had something amazing in my life, I would look up to the sky and just think…”Mom, Dad, do you see?” And that was pretty much how I shared my news with them.
Keeping loved ones in our hearts allows us to bring them closer with us to the many things we still do today. It will never be as good as if they are here with us but as long as we keep their memory alive within us, they can be with us during every single milestone. When we fall in love, when our hearts get broken, when we marry, when we have a baby, when we celebrate something amazing. I believe they are there, applauding.
If you are someone who has lost someone this year recently, I am sending you love and light. Life as you know it has changed. But remember that you are not alone and that you have many who love you still.