Time and Remembering
Losing a dear friend to brain cancer, remembering the birthday of a beloved in December with balloons and perfect words, this time of year brings layers of sadness because it’s “this time of year.”
Mo will always remember her friend Tracey BC, before her cancer battle, before her death from brain cancer this past weekend, my friend Lisa and her two kids, sent balloons into the sky to remember Bruce, a loving husband and great Dad this past weekend too. It’s the only way to mark his birthday now. He died a few years ago, after battling leukemia.
I lost a long ago colleague to brain cancer this past weekend too. He leaves behind a wife and grown kids and a legacy of a great career in environmental reporting and words of strength to anyone who read his blog, after being diagnosed a little less than a year ago.
And out there, on so many streets, in so many homes, there are families forced to remember instead of sharing with their loved ones. As the year is packed away we need to remember them too.
We need to hope, this next year will be better in so many ways.
December 30, 2013 @ 11:36 pm
Thinking of all of you.. always and especially at this time of year. We all share memories and stories that are all so similar. We now struggle to move forward and we carry our memories with each moving step forward… Days, weeks, months and years. Onward to a New Year and wishing all of you peace. Lifting…Laurie
December 30, 2013 @ 7:35 pm
I’m so sorry for yet another loss for you Laurie. It is always difficult but this time of year it is more so I think. My neighbor just lost her sister to kidney cancer and in three weeks it will be 2 years since I lost my sister to pancreatic cancer and of course my precious Jim. We are still struggling and trying to figure out how to deal with it. I hope this year brings less cancer into all our lives.
December 30, 2013 @ 7:30 pm
Thank you, Laurie. I send you my deepest sympathies for your own loss of a colleague.
How appropriate that the anti-spam word is “connect”.