I stumbled upon this blog yesterday and it has me thinking about a lot of things. The person writing the blog is a young mother, about my age, with a son who is a bit older than Ethan. Her husband passed away in his sleep just after Thanksgiving last year. I can't imagine losing my husband so young. I know we all pass on, but it somehow seems unfair when a loved one is called home in such an unexpected time.
Reading her words really made me think about Dan and how grateful I am for him. He's here with me...regardless of all else, he is here with me on this Earth right now. I can't imagine going through what she is going through...raising a young son without her partner at her side here on Earth.
Today I'm thinking about what love really means and somehow, when faced with the ultimate separation, all of the other little problems seem to fade into the background.
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One of my cousins died in a car accident about 2.5 yeas ago, and at the time he was engaged to a cute girl and the wedding was just a few months away. However out of the 9 other people that were killed in the van with him some were married some were not. Some were newly-weds some were not. And it raised the question of which would be worse: Being Married and losing your eternal companion, or finding the one man you could imagine spending the rest of eternity with and not being sealed to him?
Both are terrible, and I wouldn't wish either options on anyone - but Being Married and losing your spouse at a young age leaves you sealed to a man who isn't there and you'll marry someone else and have someone elses children and live with that someone else for the rest of your life ... but you are sealed to the first husband. OR Not being sealed to such a wonderful person and then losing them and knowing that in your heart HE is the one you wanted to be with but now you have to start all over again and try to find happiness somewhere else when the ache inside you is screaming that you have lost something and now he can never be yours because you weren't sealed together.
I still have not decided the answer to this question and I hope I never have to find out.
alesha...
i wanted to thank you for the kind words you wrote on my blog.
and i am also grateful for the words you wrote here on your blog.
i am grateful that my words and experiences are helping others focus on the important things in life...
i have to admit, though, i wish i could be the one reading someone else's blog and learning these lessons. but since i am going through this, i am glad to be helping others through my experience. (this all sounds like i have things figured out, but i don't... it is still so difficult, it hurts).
anyhow, thank you ever so much.
-leslie *
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