Friday, May 10, 2024

 WHEN YOU SAY GOODBYE TO A PARENT


You are suddenly living in a whole new world. You are no longer ‘the child’ and regardless of
how long you have officially been ‘grown up’ for,
you realize you actually never were until this moment.
The shock of this adjustment will shake your very core.
When you have finally said goodbye to both your
parents, assuming you were lucky enough to have
had two. You are an orphan on this earth and that
never, ever gets easier to take no matter how old
and grey you are yourself and no matter how many
children of your own you have. You see, a part of your
body is physically connected to the people that made
it and also a part of your soul.

When they no longer live,
it is as if you are missing something practical that you
need – like a finger or an arm. Because really, you are.
You are missing your parent and that is something far
more necessary than any limb.
And yet the connection is so strong it carries on somehow,
no-one knows how exactly. But they are there. In some way,
shape or form they are still guiding you if you listen closely
enough. You can hear the words they would choose to say
to you.
You can feel the warmth of their approval, their smile when
a goal is achieved, their all-consuming love filling the air
around you when a baby is born, they haven’t met.
If you watch your children very closely you will see that
they too have a connection with your parents long after
they are gone. They will say things that resonate with you
because it brings so many memories of the parent you are
missing. They will carry on traits, thoughts and sometimes
they will even see them in their dreams. This is not
something we can explain.
Love is a very mystical and wondrous entity. It is far
better to have loved and lost than never to have loved
at all and grief, grief is the price of that love. The deeper
the love the stronger the grief. When you say goodbye
to a parent, do not forget to connect with that little girl
who still lives inside you somewhere.
Take very good care of her, for she, she will be alone
and scared. When you say goodbye to your parents,
you lose an identity, a place in the world. When the
people who put you on this earth are no longer here,
it changes everything. Look after yourself the way they
looked after you and listen out for them when you need
it the most. They never really leave.~

~Donna Ashworth

  WHEN YOU SAY GOODBYE TO A PARENT You are suddenly living in a whole new world. You are no longer ‘the child’ and regardless of how long yo...