It's six months today since we said goodbye to Ben. Half a year on and I still look at his photos with a dazed look and wonder ... wordlessly ... and sniff away the tears.
Monday, June 8, 2009
Cerro Torre-Patagonia-2005
It's six months today since we said goodbye to Ben. Half a year on and I still look at his photos with a dazed look and wonder ... wordlessly ... and sniff away the tears.
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Thinking of you all, always... but know that these 'anniversaries' will be particularly hard. My love and thoughts are with you all.
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From AYA:
ReplyDelete6 months.. 26 weeks, 182 days, 4,368 hours... I won't progress to minutes and seconds. While these are simply numbers, for some strange reason, I find them comforting. They take me back - to a time when he was here. Now its 6 months since we saw him, talked to him, got a sms from him, hugged him, saw his face and his slender fingers and seemingly manicured hands ;-) I know it was excruciatingly painful for him to be here all those months, but the selfish part of me wanted it to continue.
What I want to know is not how long this grief will last.. (I know there is no simple answer to that). But rather, I want to know - how many seconds until we all get to be together again.. 'til it’s all been said and done?
Actually, I’ve just remembered there is an answer to this question.. also not-so-simple, but it does bring hope:
"No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Be on guard! Be alert! You do not know when that time will come. If he comes suddenly, do not let him find you sleeping. What I say to you, I say to everyone: 'Watch!'" (Mark 13:32-33&36-37)
6 months on..not sure how much longer..but it is certainly coming.