05 August 2010

Limp

"You will lose someone you can’t live without, and your heart will be badly broken, and the bad news is that you never completely get over the loss of your beloved. But this is also the good news. They live forever in your broken heart that doesn’t seal back up. And you come through. It’s like having a broken leg that never heals perfectly—that still hurts when the weather gets cold, but you learn to dance with the limp." —Anne Lamott, on loss and grieving.

3 comments:

Allison said...

What a vivid analogy. I am thinking about you and sweet Kai.

Andrea said...

That is a beautiful and heartbreaking quote. Hugs.

rebecca said...

Beautiful and so completely true...thank you for sharing. Thinking of you & hoping you're doing okay:)

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