Funerals have always been the quiet crossroads where love and loss meet, where the living pause their daily rhythms and gather with soft voices to honor a story that has reached its final chapter. Across centuries, in England and throughout the world, burial rituals have changed in appearance, yet the tender instinct behind them has … Continue reading “Where Love Lingers: Love, Loss, and the Rituals That Bind Us.”
Loss
Please let there be a heaven.
Please let there be a heaven,Somewhere soft beyond the sky,Where the ones I’ve lost are waitingAnd the tears I hide can finally dry.Please let there be a doorwayWhere the hurt can fall away,Where the memories don’t trembleAnd the grief has nothing left to say.Because my heart still reaches for themIn the quiet of the night,And … Continue reading Please let there be a heaven.
To Dad in Heaven
Dad……There are days when the missing youhits so suddenlyit steals the breath from my chest,as if grief has hands,and it remembers exactlywhere my heart is.I still can’t understandhow the world can keep goingwhen yours stopped.How morning can dare to breakwithout your voice in it,how night can fallwithout you to tell meeverything will be alright.I wish … Continue reading To Dad in Heaven