NaBloPoMo - the post I've been composing for the better part of a year

[rainsinger]

Comments

[guihong]

It's amazing to me that by the time the picture of her at 18 was taken, she had already lived through some of the most traumatic and nation-changing events in history in her homeland, things I would only read about in the history book. I can see a lot of you in her face, and in her strength, for she must have been a formidably strong woman.

Mourning does happen in pieces, in layers. Maybe it doesn't hurt as much or for so long, but it can wash over you without warning.

Go gently,
gui xo

[rainsinger]

It's amazing to me that by the time the picture of her at 18 was taken, she had already lived through some of the most traumatic and nation-changing events in history in her homeland, things I would only read about in the history book.

Yes. Whenever I look at that picture I cannot find traces of the immense trials and suffering she had been through, but from living with her I could see where they left their marks.

x

[chiller]

What a beautiful journal entry. x

[rainsinger]

Thank you. :)
x

[minnesattva]

because we lived apart her death hasn't impacted my life visibly and I still catch myself thinking "I must call her". And then I remember.

Yes. This only adds to the breaking-and-healing-in-parts that we all do all the time anyway.

I'm glad you got your goodbye, even if only in the strange ways dreams allow these things.

[rainsinger]

I'm glad you got your goodbye, even if only in the strange ways dreams allow these things.

Thank you. I hope you have also had your share of the same.
x

[offensive_mango]

This is just lovely. From this and from other things I've read she sounds like she was a force to be reckoned with. x

i like your festive mango

[rainsinger]

Yes, she was a force of nature indeed. And whenever I come across a cantankerous old lady nowadays I feel a little tender inside. :)