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Perhaps the best place to start is right here, right now, no matter what time it is for you or me. So if you would like to share your story with me on this blog, I would like to hear it. about who we are, e, and most importantly, why we are here together on a weekly blog about grief and loss. Hopefully, in time, I will get to know you if you decide to share your loss with me. Sharing your story helps more than anyone will ever know, for it is your story, it belongs to no one else but you and only you can tell it. I'm here to hear your story no matter how long or how short it is, it's your story that has brought you to this blog on grief and loss.
Here is my story.
My name is Gary, and I lost my beautiful wife Sherry on July 2, 2019 in a car accident. She was on school summer break in Maine visiting her daughter and grandkids that summer, and on her way to see her mother who lives in New Hampshire. Sherry was a lifelong educator, teacher, Principle and mentor/friend to her students and since she moved to Olympia WA in 2013 would always fly home to Maine/New Hampshire to be with them.My life, and the lives of all who knew and loved her will never be the same after that day in 2019. I was at work when I received a call from her brother tearfully informing me she was in an accident and didn't make it. Now going into my second year without her, it's becoming crystal clear that she is still with me, I carry her with me every day in my smiles, tears, ideas, dreams, memories, and the projects I'm working on in life. She really is not gone from my life, it's just that she is on the other side of life now, just like everyone else who has passed on in our world. Someday I will be with her on the other side of life, but not today. Today I need to do what I know she would of wanted me to keep doing in life, music, photography, woodworking, hiking, kayaking, and keeping close to family and friends. For me, when I talk about the other side of life, I'm talking about those who have died and are no longer physically with us and yet at the same time live forever with us spiritually, soulfully, and mindfully, just as if they were in the other room and we can't physically see, hear or touch them anymore. They live in us in whatever form works for us. In time we become overwhelmed with gratitude and thankfulness that we had that time together in this world to share life together for however long or short that time was, and continue to feel the love and compassion that was there and will remain there for as long as we live. My weekly blogs will be short weekly conversations on the many faces of grief and loss where I've had awakenings and insights into life itself from many teachers I've found along the way that have helped me and are continuing to help me on my journey moving forward in life. One loving soul and spiritual teacher that I'd like to mention up front is Mark Nepo, who has been revealing the mysteries of life to me one short chapter at a time each morning as we converse through his many books. I will be sharing what he has learned in life, and how it relates to me and I hope for you in helping us regain our sense of self again while in the depths of grief and loss.
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