The waves never stop coming, and somehow you don’t really want them to. Soaking wet, sputtering, still hanging on to some tiny piece of the wreckage, but you’ll come out.” You can see it coming, for the most part, and prepare yourself.Īnd when it washes over you, you know that somehow you will, again, come out the other side. An anniversary, a birthday, or Christmas, or landing at O’Hare. And while they still come, they come further apart. “Somewhere down the line, and it’s different for everybody, you find that the waves are only 80 feet tall. It can be just about anything…and the wave comes crashing. It might be a song, a picture, a street intersection, the smell of a cup of coffee. ![]() You never know what’s going to trigger the grief. When they come, they still crash all over you and wipe you out.īut in between, you can breathe, you can function. After a while, maybe weeks, maybe months, you’ll find the waves are still 100 feet tall, but they come further apart. ![]() They come 10 seconds apart and don’t even give you time to catch your breath. “In the beginning, the waves are 100 feet tall and crash over you without mercy. Maybe it’s a person who is also floating. Maybe it’s a happy memory or a photograph. You find some piece of the wreckage and you hang on for a while. ![]() Everything floating around you reminds you of the beauty and the magnificence of the ship that was, and is no more. When the ship is first wrecked, you’re drowning, with wreckage all around you. “As for grief, you’ll find it comes in waves. Scars are only ugly to people who can’t see.” And the scar tissue is stronger than the original flesh ever was. Scars are a testament that I can love deeply and live deeply and be cut, or even gouged, and that I can heal and continue to live and continue to love. And if the scar is deep, so was the love. My scars are a testament to the love and the relationship that I had for and with that person. But I don’t want it to ‘not matter.’ I don’t want it to be something that just passes. It tears a hole through me whenever somebody I love dies, no matter the circumstances. “I wish I could say you get used to people dying. I have no children, and I can’t imagine the pain it must be to lose a child. I’ve lost friends, best friends, acquaintances, co-workers, grandparents, mom, relatives, teachers, mentors, students, neighbors, and a host of other folks. What that means is that I’ve survived (so far) and a lot of people I’ve known and loved did not. I don’t know what to do.” However, when one self-proclaimed “old man” responded with this beautiful advice, everyone was blown away. "A grieving Reddit user needed some advice. I'll pick up the pieces that were us and make it my own. I read this before he died, and it's stuck in my mind ever since.(sorry if you've seen it!). I feel like it was our sanctuary, our ship, and though we only lived there 3 years, it was the first house we really got to make our own. It feels like the owner is panicked that he died there, and is pressuring me out(I can still afford it, and I've been a good tenant). Oh definitely, especially since it's so short.įor sure read this after ECHO and before MOHB.It's been 80 days since he died, and the realtor has given me 6 months to move out. Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting? I can't put my finger on anything specific, but I'd for sure give it a listen. I'm so used to Davina Porter reading this series, but he does a really fantastic job. I didn't like his voice at first, but the first time he started with the Scottish accent, I smiled big and sat back. ![]() What does Robert Ian MacKenzie bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book? you just know what's going to happen and all the pieces sadly fall into place. When the sirens start and Jerry heads for the tunnels. What was one of the most memorable moments of A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows? I'm in the middle of MOHB and am just waiting for some of the scenes from THIS book to happen, but from a different point of view. If you're reading the entire story, it gives you such good information as to what happened to Roger's parents. I would definitely recommend this book to a friend, and have. Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
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