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Life is Funny

I have lost two wonderful people in life in the past week and have gone through a normal kind of grieving. Sadness and happy memories and even a feeling of anger at times that they have left us.

I remember as a teen losing my closest childhood girlfriend to a horrific car accident. I mourned her for so long, but over time, came to terms with her death, but the reason never really struck me until now.

Losing loved ones, whether it is family or close friends, is what I understood to be a “part of life,” but when we personally experience it– when it hits home, even for the strongest of us– it is difficult to deal with. We want to know “WHY?” and “HOW”, and yet even when we know those answers, it all seems so senseless to us.

Over time I have come to understand that part of life is dying, even when it means losing someone who is special to us. After the death of my own mother, I never thought I would recover. And although I miss her terribly and think of her often, time has healed my wounds a bit and has now made room for me to mourn my new close friends.

As I remembering my friend I lost as a teenager who left us so many years ago, I know that she never had a chance at a full life. How unfortunate. And I can see that the recent friends who have now left us, were able to experience more and had a chance at a full life.

To all of my dear friends looking down upon us, see you someday, stay well.