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14. The Best of You

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Bite sized bits of love.

Written Wednesday, October 3, 2019 / Day 52 / Afternoon


(Written for the “Coping with Grief Through Writing” support group - Wednesday, October 3, 2019)


To my dear, sweet, Joann…


Words are not adequate to express how it is without you - so I will not try to do that.


Grief has been relentless and because you were everything to me, that has made life quite unbearable.


Recently I discovered those notes you used to put in my lunch snacks.


Every day they were there - and everyday when I read them they made me smile. Every day.


Being sentimental as I am - I saved them of course.


Then life moved on to where I now am today.


So imagine my surprise when going through some things in the house I found 2 9 by12 envelopes with the notes in them! I had found where I had saved them all.


As I hugged the envelope I realized that these little notes were a part of you. At the time I had to keep them - because they were you.


I couldn’t look at them at all…but then it struck me - why not?


This is what I want to replace the sadness that is now my life.


I am tired of that sadness.


So I am going to embrace these notes - I am going to smile again.


I know that is what you would want. You would be the first person to tell me that. So I will.


I’m not sure if I’ll just take one a day or maybe two - I’ll just have to try it and see what happens - but what I will do is when I read them is - I will smile.


And I’ll remember all those good times.


Yes I will still live with sadness - that is part of my life for the moment.


But these note will make a difference. They will make me smile.


Because they are you.


The best of you.

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