Today I am thinking about death
And how two people you know can leave the world in one day:
One, a family relative and my high school music teacher,
Jolly and warm and full of music
Until a brain tumor stopped everything in its tracks.
Dying quickly, he carved his own casket
And sat at his own memorial service
with his family by his side.
Half a year later and he passed away today.
Second, a distant memory of a face in elementary school
Our paths went completley different ways until
I noticed the paper today--
Missing 19 year old discovered today, a cliff, drowning.
Messages flood onto facebook and I'm
reminded of Micah's accident...
"How could this happen?!"
Friends are lost and come to each other in disbelief,
A bright light gone out so quickly.
Two lives---one sudden, one anticipated---one young, one already filled with years. And yet a death is a death, and it comes for both. I'm sad today for these families and appreciating the awakening that life is delicate and to be cherished.
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A Recipe for Healing
Directions:
Be creative. Trust your instincts. Cry when you want to, laugh when you can. Choose the size pot that fits your loss. Season with memories; stir often.
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Be creative. Trust your instincts. Cry when you want to, laugh when you can. Choose the size pot that fits your loss. Season with memories; stir often.
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About this blog
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During the night of April 6, 2009, my boyfriend, Micah, was in a serious head-on car accident and was airlifted to the hospital in critical condition. Micah was taken off life-support and died on April 8 surrounded by his family and friends, after about a day and a half of deteriorating.
I started this blog after the accident as a way to share my thoughts and writings as I experienced Micah's death and the following year.
It has now been 6 years since the accident but I've continued to write (at least sporadically) as my grief morphs and leads me.
Please feel free to subscribe or read what you wish.
If you are a "widowed-girlfriend," I would be glad to talk to you. To contact me, please email me at rebeccakraybill@gmail.com. Know that there is hope in the days and years to come.
Thanks for your continued prayers and support.
-Becca-
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During the night of April 6, 2009, my boyfriend, Micah, was in a serious head-on car accident and was airlifted to the hospital in critical condition. Micah was taken off life-support and died on April 8 surrounded by his family and friends, after about a day and a half of deteriorating.
I started this blog after the accident as a way to share my thoughts and writings as I experienced Micah's death and the following year.
It has now been 6 years since the accident but I've continued to write (at least sporadically) as my grief morphs and leads me.
Please feel free to subscribe or read what you wish.
If you are a "widowed-girlfriend," I would be glad to talk to you. To contact me, please email me at rebeccakraybill@gmail.com. Know that there is hope in the days and years to come.
Thanks for your continued prayers and support.
-Becca-
Miller was such a great teacher.... I am so sad that I could not go to the memorial service.
ReplyDeleteRevelation 21:4 (New American Standard Bible)
4and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away."