Here I am alone
Drawing comfort from within
Finding the best ways
To feel full within my own skin
And then I hear
Of the happy times you had
Full of togetherness
And how empty you feel
Now that everyone is gone
And I understand
I remember how it felt
All those years ago
For a just a short time
To be part of my sister’s family
And how empty it felt to leave
I was sad not to see you all
I wasn’t invited
But this is not the family I made
Instead I lived the life in many ways
Of an only child
Just as my mother did
And maybe sometimes you carry the hopes
That I could not fulfil
With my history
Because now its too late for kids
But I am grateful for Jasper
And this I know
Things turn out as they do
And often there is grieving
We must feel
When the gap between our hopes and the reality
Emerges and must be faced
And yet if we fall into it
In times we do embody the space
And learn to accept
What life gave
Even after all those years
Our heart and soul
Were busy making other plans.
Emerging From The Dark Night 
glad you could do that, deb! Hard to do but so glad you were resilient enough to do it! xxxx
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Getting there Carol Anne 🤗
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Yay 😀
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😊💃💖
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💗💗💝😃
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We are all, trying, to find a place we belong, someone we love, and can share our lives with, the most intimate parts of our selves, and we often, don’t realize, that the only way we will be comfortable, in the world, is finding that sense of wholeness from within…
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You are so right. There is always someone who will be there to weather any storm with us and that one lives inside of us. ❤
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This is so true for so many. It’s tough to do but so worth it.
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