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11/02/2024

When I am gone, do not fear my memory.
Do not be afraid to speak my name or look through old photographs.
Do not be scared to play old videos so that you might hear my voice and see me laughing.
Do not be wary of visiting my favourite places or eating my favourite foods or singing along to my favourite songs.
I know it will hurt. Those memories will remind you that I am gone.
They will stab at you like a knife in an open, gaping wound. Raw, excruciating pain.
But after a while the knife will become less sharp, the wound will become less open and the pain will become less raw.
And those memories will remind you that I was here.
That I lived.
Do not reduce my life to my death.
Speak my name, hear my voice, sing my favourite songs and visit my favourite places.
Because that’s how I can stay alive a little.
Right here with you 🧡
******
Becky Hemsley 2022
Beautiful image by Juli Scalzi

11/02/2024

If I could have just one more day with you…💔
I would hardly speak. I would simply listen to your voice and commit every tone of it to memory until it became my favourite melody.
I would look at you. I would study your eyes and your mouth, and I would learn every angle, every pane of your face until I could see you perfectly with my eyes closed.
I would hold your hand in mine. I would trace all the lines on your palm until they became a trail – a map - that I could retrace on my own palm every time I felt lost.
I would soak you up and breathe you in until there was not a single thing that I could not recall at a moment’s notice.
But more than anything, if I had one more day with you,
I would hold you.
I would hold you so tight, hoping that maybe if I didn’t let you go…
You wouldn’t.
Yes, if I had just one more day with you, I would hope… I would hope so hard…
that you wouldn’t have to leave again.
By Heartfelt
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10/09/2024

One day, your mom won't call you anymore.
One day, you'll wish she had lived longer so you could enjoy more time with her.
One day, she’ll stop telling you to give up your bad habits.
One day, she’ll stop giving you the advice she thinks is best for you.
One day, you'll arrive at that house that always welcomed you with a warm cup of coffee, and it will be empty.
One day, you won’t hear her voice anymore.
One day, there will only be memories.
Time passes quickly and waits for nothing and no one.
And on that day, you'll feel an emptiness so vast that nothing and no one can fill it.

10/02/2024

I'M STILL YOUR MOM
When you no longer listen or care what I say.
I'm still your Mom.
When you decide I'm old fashioned and want to go your own way.
I'm still your Mom.
When you talk back, complain and argue.
I'm still your Mom.
When you move away and take a piece of my heart with you.
I'm still your Mom.
And I will love you still as much as the first day I held you in my arms.
I'm still your Mom.
And I will pray for you and make sure your wings are strong enough to soar.
I'm still your Mom.
And I'll want what's best and will sacrifice my plans for yours.
I'm still your Mom.
I'll always have room for you and a hug to welcome you.
I'm still your Mom.
And until my last breath, I'll keep carrying your love with me. And I will thank God everyday for the privilege and Joy it's been to be called --- your mom.

09/20/2024

Usually, I don’t say it,
But I love you.
Without you, everything is sad.
Not just me – The roads,
The cars,
The trees along the way,
Even the cheery songs.

Your being around was enough
To keep everything lively
Even if you blocked me,
Or were angry.
But now everything is dull.

The phone connects us.
Makes me feel that you’re here
Even if we don’t talk.
Like oxygen –
when you’re not around,
I suffocate!

Say whatever you want to say.
Fight with me.
Complain,
But don’t be quiet.

It hurts.

-𝓢𝓢. 𝓙𝓸𝓱𝓷𝓪
©The Wordsmiths

09/20/2024

No one understands how sad I feel. Sometimes even when I am laughing on the outside I am crying on the inside.
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09/12/2024

"All I want is for my Mother in Heaven to know how much I Love and Miss her."

09/06/2024

"Somewhere in the middle of our happy moments, we all sigh a little, in the memory of someone we miss."

08/31/2024

That Day

The day you left this earth,
I begged you to come back.
I screamed into the emptiness, "Please don't leave me,"
And fell to my knees, shattered by the weight of your absence.

When morning came without you, I couldn’t bear to rise.
It felt like the world had ended, and I wanted to follow you
To wherever you had gone, just to feel whole again.
The days blurred into nights, and I was lost in the darkness
Of a life I no longer recognized, a life without you.

It took months before I could find my footing,
Before I could stand without feeling like the earth would swallow me whole.
I tried to numb the ache with a bottle in my hand,
Thinking I could drown the pain or find you in the haze,
But it only deepened the loneliness I felt.

And then, in a moment of quiet, I heard your voice,
Faint but clear, whispering through the noise in my mind.
I thought of how disappointed you'd be if I gave up—
How you’d want me to find the strength to carry on,
To live, not just for myself but for the love we shared.

It was then I realized that I had to stand up,
Not just for me, but for the memory of you,
For the life you would have wanted me to live.
I knew I had to find a way to honor you,
To be brave, to find the light again,
Even when it felt impossible to move forward.

Each day, I take a step, knowing you’re with me,
That in some way, you’re still guiding me through.
And though the ache remains, I carry it with me,
Learning to live in this world without you
But never without your love.

08/25/2024

"I think the hardest part of losing someone isn't having to say goodbye, but rather learning to live without them. Always try to fill the void, the emptiness that's left inside your heart when they go."

08/25/2024

"No one can replace a loved one who is gone. It’s an emptiness that doesn’t go away."

07/20/2024

If only i knew you wouldn't always be here,
to hold, to be held, to always be near.
To listen, to call, to just know you are there,
when I had something I wanted to share.

If only I knew that one day you would go,
and there'd be more I'd want you to know.
A past and a future, a lost and a found.
If only I'd known you wouldn't be around.

If only I knew of the grief I would feel,
of the begging and hoping it wasn't real.
Of the years and times I took for granted.
Of the growing seeds that you planted.

If only I knew of a moments value,
that it cost nothing to be with you.
That the buried treasure was in my chest,
living proof you were the best.

I wear a crown of memories, on my head.
A love, a life, I now live instead.
I'll represent every piece of you.
I'll live and love my whole day's through.

If only! If Only! If only I had known,
I'd have clung so tight to stop you going,
but I am lucky I live without regret
and proud of the memories I won't forget.

Author ~ Joanne Boyle ~ Heartfelt
Art by ~ Steffi Krenzek

05/27/2024

Grief is hard.
It is relentless
And exhausting,
And a constant reminder
Of the void in our lives.

Grief is painful.
A physical pain
Within our chest,
Reminding us
That our hearts have splintered.

Grief is exhausting.
It takes everything
To keep going.
Day after day,
To live for our loved ones.

Grief is isolating.
We feel alone,
As if no one understands.
As if we are drowning,
And no one notices
That we don’t know how to swim.

Grief is scary.
The thoughts in our heads
Get dark and real.
They tell us “just let go,”
As if no one would care
If we slipped away.

But we are not alone.
So many others know this pain,
They feel this void, too.
So say their name.
Tell the stories
Of those you’ve lost.

Tell me about your person,
And smile at the good memories.
Cry for their absence,
You are safe to grieve here.

We are not alone.
We are not alone.
We are not
Alone.

-Jessica VanNeste

05/26/2024

In the quiet moments before dawn, when the world is still and the road calls out to the souls of the lost, I sit down to weave words into a tapestry of memories. This is more than a collection of poems; it's a sanctuary for the heartache and love that only the grief community can truly understand. It's a tribute to my husband, a man whose spirit was as free as the open road, and whose memory rides on in the thunder of engines and the whisper of the wind

04/30/2024

When you remember me, it means that you have carried something of who I am with you, that I have left some mark of who I am on who you are.
It means that you can summon me back to your mind even though countless years and miles may stand between us. It means that if we meet again, you will know me.
It means that even after I die, you can still see my face and hear my voice and speak to me in your heart.
For as long as you remember me, I am never entirely lost ..

Frederick Buechner ✨

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