Monday, February 28, 2011

Today You Would Be Four

Not sure how I feel.  Raw and delicate might be the best way to describe.  Reminds me of when I would get sick as a young child and the heaviness of homesickness would blanket me.  The world felt much too big.

I miss her.  She feels spirit still to me today and that makes me ache for her all the more.

I feel still, a bit numb and longing.

Each February 28 I experience something new when re-living the birth and death of Nora.  Hurts every time.  But it also is a safe haven of memory for me.  That was the blessed day I was able to hold her in my arms, kiss her tender lips and be with her those hours.

As I write and cry I recall words a very wise woman shared with me years ago about the releasing of tears;

"Let them settle on your skin, dry where they ran for tears are our medicine.  They soothe the sores of pain.  They are our body medicine."

I will hold these words today as my Alex and I roll with whatever emotions surface.  Tears are my medicine.

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