I Miss My Mother!

 It's Valentine's Day!  Happy Valentine's Day!

On this day devoted to expressions of love, I think of my mother.  The love she had for me was strong and true, but more than that, it endures.  I still feel her love even though she departed this life almost five months ago.

Let's talk about love on this Valentine's Day!  

What I have learned is that it extends beyond the grave and into eternity!  Death can't stop it.   In its pure and authentic form, true love is everlasting.  

Even though it seems like or may even feel like love fuels grief, I think love actually over powers it.  When I get overcome with thoughts of my mother not being here (physically), I try to focus on the love that she has shown me for my entire life and the love that I showered on her as her caregiver.  It seems to have formed a life all it's own that continues to thrive.  These days that I spend moments in tears and sorrow; the love in its living form swoops in and carries away the sadness.

The days are tough, but I get through them one moment at a time.  People and their comforting words and expressions make the grief easier to bare as well.  Leaning and depending on people who understand and who experienced the loss of a loved one have given me so much comfort.  It is the power of the human connection and bond from shared experiences that can provide encouragement, support, and information through a caregiver circle (this blog will be renamed Caregiver Circle).

How do you experience or feel the love from your loved one?  If you are grieving, how are you experiencing the grief?  Does it ever lift?  If so, in what ways?