02/10/2026
Very potent message. I see this applying to all situations in which we shared love and then for various reasons moved apart from others. Not just via physical death, but by parting - in various ways. We always carry the love we shared with others in our hearts. ❤️❤️❤️ Kathleen
There’s a quiet truth we rarely talk about —
healing doesn’t mean erasing what hurt 🌾
We don’t wake up one day untouched.
We don’t return to who we were before.
We carry what we lost with us,
not as a weight,
but as a presence.
Grief doesn’t ask to be rushed.
It doesn’t respond to timelines or expectations.
It settles in slowly,
teaching us how to walk with it,
step by step 🚶♂️🤍
Some days it’s loud.
Other days it’s barely a whisper.
But it’s always there,
woven into the way we see the world now.
Moving forward isn’t betrayal.
Remembering isn’t weakness.
It’s proof that love mattered —
that something meaningful once existed 🌼
Loss changes us,
but so does love.
They shape us in similar ways:
softening certain edges,
deepening others,
teaching us empathy we didn’t know we needed.
There is no “normal” to return to.
Only a new version of life
that includes what came before
and what remains now 🌿
We learn how to smile again,
even while missing someone.
We learn how to keep going,
even when part of us is still looking back.
And somehow,
both things can be true at the same time.
Walking forward doesn’t mean leaving anyone behind.
It means allowing their impact
to live on inside us —
in the way we love,
in the way we listen,
in the way we hold space for others 🤍
This path may look different than we imagined.
Quieter.
Slower.
More reflective.
But it’s still a path.
And you’re still moving.
Not away from what mattered —
but with it,
carried gently,
every step of the way ✨
