This morning, I woke up to some sad news that reminded me of how fragile life is. It’s often within moments of grief that we start to reflect on what truly matters. Grief reminds us that we opened our hearts; I guess in many ways you could say it is the price we pay for love, but as difficult as it may feel to have lost, it is even more of a reminder that we have loved. That someone came into our lives and made a profound impact, no matter how long we’ve known them, how fleeting or small. The beautiful thing is, we take with us a piece of that memory, the essence of their soul, and it lives on within us. It is in honoring the privilege of experiencing knowing them that we continue to move forward, to seize the day if you will, to embrace life to its fullest, and to let our love shine bright because at the end of the day, it will always be about the love that we give and the love that we receive in return.
For Linda. Your light lives on dear beautiful cousin. Rest in Peace.