The truth is this stinks.
Grief is like being in labor. You have to ride the waves of excrutiating pain .
The difference, of course, is that once through labor, you have some physical fruit to show for your labor.
With grief, you still feel empty.
It is so random & while I respect the process, I am not good at being brought to the floor in tears.
Being blind-sided by sound-byte pixellated memories is just the worst.
I keep going back to those last days in hospital ... grasping to fill in the gaps ... last words ... leaning over Vic's head, asking him if I should give the staff his living will ... him telling me I would know when the time was right ... to promises whispered in Vic's ear as he lay, dying.
I miss him so much, it feels like I've been punched in my stomach. You know when a child just gasps for air between sobs ... that gasping has actually made my "abs" hurt. My forehead is muscle-fatigued from the crying-frown.
Frown & cry I do.
It started last night at about 8pm.
Has not stopped yet.
Like I said before, it is about learning how to ride the waves of sadness.
Who'd have thought at 52 I'd be taking up surfing?
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