Beautiful, Rach. So sorry for your loss. I feel grief is such a manipulated emotion, a word to which society generally gives a negative connotation. But grief is remembrance, it's remaining attached, it's feeling the presence of the departed. You don't want to lose these things. And so sometimes we say that somebody has finally exited their grieving period after a loss, almost as if they've been liberated. Why? Why would we want to feel liberated of the intense, immediate memories of our loved ones, when they're no longer with us? I welcome grief. I want grief. I grieve as long as I want to. I don't need any help to get me out of grief. "Yet despite the sting, the ache, and numbness of it, grief is a gift." <3
Hugs. Beautiful share. My father passed the day before Christmas seven months ago so it's poignant for me. Grief is awful but it does refocus us in an amazingly powerful way.
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Sending lots of love your way, Rachael.
Thank you for sharing these bits of your Papa here.
I love that picture of him; he looks like a gentle badass in those sunglasses.
& I bet his adobo was yummy. I've never had it, but the day I do, it'll be in his honor.
Beautiful, Rach. So sorry for your loss. I feel grief is such a manipulated emotion, a word to which society generally gives a negative connotation. But grief is remembrance, it's remaining attached, it's feeling the presence of the departed. You don't want to lose these things. And so sometimes we say that somebody has finally exited their grieving period after a loss, almost as if they've been liberated. Why? Why would we want to feel liberated of the intense, immediate memories of our loved ones, when they're no longer with us? I welcome grief. I want grief. I grieve as long as I want to. I don't need any help to get me out of grief. "Yet despite the sting, the ache, and numbness of it, grief is a gift." <3
My condolences, Rachael. Thanks for sharing a part of him with us.
Hugs. Beautiful share. My father passed the day before Christmas seven months ago so it's poignant for me. Grief is awful but it does refocus us in an amazingly powerful way.
This brought me to tears….loss is tremendous it never leaves us. And you captured that aspect of grief.
Sorry for your loss. He sounds like a great man who purposefully affected many with positivity!
God bless your Papa, and the example of a purpose filled life that he gave you.
“I believe he aspired towards service, harmony, freedom, and nurturing the lives of his loved ones.”
So beautiful. What a gift he was to you.
Author Jamie Anderson wrote: “Grief, is love with nowhere to go.”
I find the place for it to go is Gratitude. And that exudes in your tribute to your Papa. ❤️
Thank you for sharing stories of your grandfather. What a remarkable man!
Keeping you in my heart.