It’s Sunday! A time to kick back, relax, and reflect.
Many of you know about the loss of my sister. This has been a tough week, going to work, trying to act as if everything is fine. Our family has not had time for closure because we haven’t yet had the funeral. We plan to have it this week, maybe this will help a little.
I wrote a poem for today expressing some feelings I have been having through all of this and have heard other people express they felt when they lost a loved one. I hope you enjoy it.
THE WORLD DOESN’T STOP
The world is so busy
The world is so fast
Treating life like a race
How quickly time is passed
Then one day comes
When you receive a call
That one of your loved ones is gone
And now your heart takes a fall
So your race takes a pause
You put the brakes on the spinning top
You look around and wonder
Why doesn’t the rest of the world stop?
Your mind feels like that spinning top
You’re overwhelmed and feeling lost
Trying to process and deal with it all
Is so hard in your exhaust
The funeral will come and go
And you’ll be forced back in the race
But your heart now has a hole
And your life feels out of place
You spend your time grieving
In the valley, instead of the mountaintop
You look around and wonder
Why doesn’t the rest of the world stop?
It’s not something you get over
But you find a way to carry on
A life that’s different now
With your loved one now gone
You realize whats important
In a world that goes so fast
Your priorities take a turn
And God says “at last”
It will start to slow down
That speeding spinning top
And one day you’ll stop asking
Why doesn’t the rest of the world stop?
©Animals Are Feeling Beings Too
I know I will not always feel this sad and I will be back to helping animals! How could I not, they are so awesome! Below if a picture of Cino lying on me and comforting me in my sadness the other night. Animals…little angels from heaven.
Enjoy your Sunday and please slow down and take a pause for the important things. For time is never promised.
Animals Are Feeling Beings Too 
I’m so sorry for your loss.
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Thank you.
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I am glad you have “little angel” to love you through this journey. I am so sorry for your loss
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Thank you. I am so glad I have her too!
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Your Cino will be there for you, just like you are and have been for her, LeeAnn.
I’m sorry for your loss of your sister, I didn’t know.
Send you love and light.
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Thank you Irene! I am sooooo happy to hear from you!
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I’m not active writing at my blog yet, but I read a lot. I’m still at the hospital and expect to be home somewhere in August, if all go well.
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Oh Irene, I am so happy to hear that the hope of going home is near for you! Continued prayers. Your blogging community misses you!
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Thank you very much, LeeAnn 🙂
I feel grateful to be alive.
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Hallelujah!
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Good for you for dealing with your grief, LeeAnn. Cino is a blessing, and so are your writing and your work with animals.
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Your comment made me cry…thanks for saying that!
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And I meant it! Sometimes crying is coping, too. ❤
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Most definitely! And I have been doing a lot of that!
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You are right to; and you will know when to put away grieving and take heart in good memories and the love you shared with your sister.
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Thank you for your kindness. 🙂
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That’s why we’re all here. We aren’t wired for grieving alone. ^-.-^
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I am so sorry for your sisters passing. It’s devastating losing a loved one and indeed it can seem a bit bizarre that people just go about with life normally when the grieving person feels lost. Take it easy and take care of yourself.
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Thank you Jacqueline!
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❤
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