Loss

Loss is a feeling we all experience in some way. Sometimes it’s the loss of a game, a toy, a relationship, and for all of us eventually it’s the loss of a loved one. Loss hurts no matter what you lose. Sometimes the hurt is instant sometimes it takes time to miss it and often it hurts forever. There are things I’ve lost in this life that I’ll never get back and I hurt everyday about it.

I have experienced a lot of loss over the last few years. Some of the most influential people in my life have gone. I know that God takes everyone when there time comes, it doesn’t stop me from feeling like they have gone too soon.

Coming to grips with loss is one of the most difficult things I’ve ever done. How do you let go of someone who shaped your life. How do you move on without being able to call and ask questions. How do you spend the rest of your life not being able to go see them hug them and tell them how much you love them. I guess the answer is you don’t. You carry that person with you for as long as you live. You take the lessons they taught you with you. You share the things you learned the stories you shared the love they gave you with others. You allow their legacy to live on through you. You continue to live your life the way they taught you so people can experience how amazing your loved ones were. For some it may be a sad thought but I often hope and pray that I have taught someone something worth sharing. I pray my life is influencing in the right way. I hope that people laugh the way I laugh, I pray they care the way I’ve cared, and I hope they love each other the way I have tried to love people.