I don’t know what we miss when

someone dies and leaves us. It’s

not easy to identify all the feelings

that flow through us. Loss, grief,

loneliness, sadness, despair, and

the emptiness of not being able

to hold the person we lost. Life

at its very best is fragile. This

fragility is multiplied when we

see and sense our own demise.

Here is where the joy of missing

someone we love comes into

play. We remember the bright

and lovely moments we shared.

The laughter, friendship, and love

of being together. The smile we

still see, the voice we still hear,

and the hugs we still feel are

remnants of what remains.

These single moments are what

revive us. To push us to live

again in the shadow of the one

who’s gone but still here…

SJ - 11-25-23