"There is something familiar about the rising and falling of loss, how it takes us below the surface of our lives and works on us in some alchemical way. We are remade in times of grief, broken apart and reassembled. It is hard, painful, and unbidden work. No one goes in search of loss; rather, it finds us and reminds us of the temporary gift we have been given, these few sweet breaths we call life."

Francis Weller #loss #heartache #alchemy #mementomori

Painting by William Atkinson Wells

Landscape -girl in a meadow 1905