November 27, 2014

Thanksgiving

How long have I been
Living under darkest skies?
Since the day you died.

© big D 2014

Another Thanksgiving without you here Nickolas.
You would have been so very proud of Sara...
She had everyone at her place and her and Dad did all the fixing and cooking.
It will never be the same without you here.
My heart aches for you every day.
I love you so.  Mom

“Some of you say, “Joy is greater than sorrow,” and others say, “Nay, sorrow is the greater.”
But I say unto you, they are inseparable.
Together they come, and when one sits alone with you at your board, remember that the other is asleep upon your bed.”             ~Khalil Gibran

“Sorrow prepares you for joy. It violently sweeps everything out of your house, so that new joy can find space to enter. It shakes the yellow leaves from the bough of your heart, so that fresh, green leaves can grow in their place. It pulls up the rotten roots, so that new roots hidden beneath have room to grow. Whatever sorrow shakes from your heart, far better things will take their place.”   ~Rumi