Ocean emotion and beach music! I love that you collect the beach glass to enjoy in the now, now, now. When I was in the anticipatory grief stage before my mom’s medical assistance in dying date, I found myself searching for pops of beauty, the way you describe here and Susan Cain does in Bittersweet.
Oh Anne… what a sweet beautiful piece this is! You’ve brought me to tears missing my husband…it’s been ten years and grief still pops in unexpectedly. We live near oceans and lakes all our lives. … a nautical life! No sea glass but the waves, sand body surfing. We spread his ashes in the lake he grew up on. I still go there and splash the water on my skin. Ocean emotion is exactly right… we lived on both shores, Atlantic and pacific; sitting there, lost in thought and silence was enough. Now I walk beaches feeling him beside me. Thank you for putting these feelings into words. And hearing your sweet, calm voice brings my closer to you, sweet friend. This is powerful writing for anyone grieving a loss. So well done 🩷🥰
Thank you, Joan. I am glad it resonated with you. I love the idea of walking and feeling Mr. J beside me after he is gone. You have given me something to look forward to.
This is so lovely, Anne. I can relate to the anticipatory grief I felt as my mother slowly vanished from dementia. It is so very hard to know what is coming. Like you, the ocean is my medicine.
Ocean emotion and beach music! I love that you collect the beach glass to enjoy in the now, now, now. When I was in the anticipatory grief stage before my mom’s medical assistance in dying date, I found myself searching for pops of beauty, the way you describe here and Susan Cain does in Bittersweet.
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Oh Anne… what a sweet beautiful piece this is! You’ve brought me to tears missing my husband…it’s been ten years and grief still pops in unexpectedly. We live near oceans and lakes all our lives. … a nautical life! No sea glass but the waves, sand body surfing. We spread his ashes in the lake he grew up on. I still go there and splash the water on my skin. Ocean emotion is exactly right… we lived on both shores, Atlantic and pacific; sitting there, lost in thought and silence was enough. Now I walk beaches feeling him beside me. Thank you for putting these feelings into words. And hearing your sweet, calm voice brings my closer to you, sweet friend. This is powerful writing for anyone grieving a loss. So well done 🩷🥰
Thank you, Joan. I am glad it resonated with you. I love the idea of walking and feeling Mr. J beside me after he is gone. You have given me something to look forward to.
This is so lovely, Anne. I can relate to the anticipatory grief I felt as my mother slowly vanished from dementia. It is so very hard to know what is coming. Like you, the ocean is my medicine.
Thank you, Amy. I am taking a beach vacation next week and I can't wait to get back to the ocean!
As always a beautiful piece. I like that you call it beach music! You’ve got such a lovely way with words 💚
Thank you, Sheila. I am enjoying writing here.
I’m pleased to hear that 😊