Photos

The first weeks I sat and looked at pictures and cried. It was good for me. 

Then I got to the point where his pictures made me smile and even laugh. 

Over time the pictures didn’t seem to affect me much. They just were. 

The past couple of weeks I can’t stand to see his pictures. They bring on waves of sadness and grief, so I don’t look at them. Especially late at night. 

In the next few weeks or months I’ll want to look at his pictures again, and smile. 

My point is: Things change. 

Where you are in your grief and recovery right now is not where you’ll be in six days or six months or six years. Don’t give in to the feelings of hopelessness. Christ is our hope! He will always be with us, helping us, comforting us, lead us. He will never leave us nor forsake us. Trust Him.

Until our reunion in heaven, we have good works to do. Good works God prepared in advance for us to do. (Eph 2:10) Let us do them with hope. 

Note: The Accident was four years ago in August.

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KathleenBDuncan

I write about my life, my journey, my family, and my faith. I am wife to one, mom to seven with one in heaven, and grandmother to many. I am also full-time caregiver to my stepmom E who suffers from dementia due to Alzheimer’s. In my spare time I like to read, travel, crochet, bike, and play with our black pug Molly.

Comments (2)

  • You speak the truth. I have been in a darker place than usual this week, and I really don’t know why. Just the ebb and flow of it all, I guess. Only by the Grace of God, do I survive this.

    • Sometimes I understand. (This past couple of weeks his friends have been posting 4th of July pics.) Other times I face no idea; it just hits me.

      Yes, it is the grace of God that gets us through one day at a time.

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