All it took was an early morning message to knock the wind out of my sails!
I should know by now that grief has a way of knocking on the door at the most unexpected time. Yes, we can shove it into the deepest recesses of our being, but it never goes away!
Life for sure is a rollercoaster ride; I was on top of the world yesterday, and now feel absolutely shattered.
A friend sadly lost her husband last night; a much younger, and happy couple. Their son married my second cousin, and we always tease each other that we're now family.
It took me right back to that awful telephone call last year!
Life can be wonderful, but everything can change in a split second!
My friend has wonderful family and friends, who will support her all the way, but it's going to be a tough journey!
I would not have survived if I did not have a good support system of family and friends. We all ultimately deal with grief in our own way, but it does help to have a friend you can lean on.
I also don't believe it's pure coincidence when one meets a stranger who brings comfort in the most unlikely places.
When in hospital last year for tests, I was waiting in a booth before my CT scan, when a technician asked if I minded sharing the space with another lady. I did not, had left my phone in the ward, had no reading matter, and I did not feel like staring at four blank walls for over an hour!
When the lady walked in, she was much younger.
It turned out that she'd lost her husband around the same time as I did. In the end, we did not mind the long wait, as we shared our journey with grief in that little booth. We met again at a wedding just a month later, she was the groom's aunt!
What are the chances of that happening in a city of an estimated 3,2 million people?
And so, the never-ending journey of grief continues, full of ups and downs, twists and turns, but I know there often is a rainbow at the end of a storm, and the clouds will make way for sunny skies again!
Please do not see this as a pity party, writing about my feelings has been enormously cathartic, and possibly may help someone else going through grieving.
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