I’m glad to report that as of today, at this moment, I feel so supported by so many people and want to let you all know how grateful I am to everyone. It’s mind boggling to think about all of the ways in which my children and I have felt the love and support of so many.
I’m not talking about big things, necessarily. Everything counts; a shared meal, a phone call to check in, a short conversation, a hug, watching my kids so I can work out/have a break/breathe, all add up to a higher quality of life than I could have ever hoped for in the weeks following Mike’s death.
Maybe what started it this week was just talking to folks; some paid professionals–a psychotherapist, a massage therapist and dear friend, a psychic.
Others have just steadfastly been there, like my mother in law who has come to spend the weekend. This, in turn, allowed me golden minutes and hours to do things like work a bit longer, take a nap, and partake in a sponanteous glass of wine with a neighbor that I bumped into at the local market where I had only planned to run in and buy a loaf of bread.
How I cherish things like this! I sure don’t take them for granted any more.
Such wonderful friends, relatives and acquaintences! To think about it, it is truly amazing the course my life has taken, as a direct result of myriad small and large gestures of kindness and companionship.
I could not have survived without you.
Thank you, thank you.
And in some small measure I hope that I may help give meaning, support and/or inspiration to others on this crazy journey.