I’m a believer in the whole idea of a window opening when life closes a door. This probably comes as no surprise since I also support finding a silver lining in most situations and choosing to see the good in people, places and things. But there is something I do struggle a bit to understand. Something that seems to stand right in the way of me finding that open window. Because when death happens the door closes. Hard. 
I’ve been blessed so far in life to lose very few close friends. But I will be honest. I’ve never dealt well with loss and grief and the heartbreak these things bring to the survivors. Sure, I believe in the idea that the person is in a better place, but what about the people left behind? Our place is a little bit worse because that person left a big ole whole in our heart no one else can fill. I got to thinking about this today when I heard something someone said on the moving picture window (otherwise known as a TV). There was a woman, a mother, who had lost her son to a tragic car accident a couple of years ago.
She too struggled with finding silver lining in such a terrible situation. I had a little doggie heart attack thinking of what would happen to mom if anything like that ever happens to dear baby Carter. I wondered how on Earth does someone bounce back from such an awful thing? That’s when she said it.
“I follow his light,” said the woman. “He’s always there reminding me to keep on going.”
Death. From the ground up, there is something about it that seems so final. Like that door is closed for good. And in most ways it is. But only to the point you let it be. Only if you don’t keep the faith and find that window. And if it’s not open, you find a way to open it. You find a way to let the light in. Because therein lies the silver lining – in the light that keeps you going.
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Wiley is so right! and adorbs photo! 🙂
Wiles I agree very much wiht this, it is terribly hard to lose someon you love and that woman said it well. Keep that window open, let hte light in and the love in your heart!
So true, W. Loss is tough. I haven’t experienced much of it myself, but Mom has a LOT of experience with final loss of long-loved people and pets. She says they stay alive in her heart. That’s her “window.” Plus she said her dog, Smoki is alive in my tummy, and she helps me be a good girl.
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Have you seen the poem ‘death is nothing at all?’ I always think death is so much harder on those of us left behind.