By David Coy
Sunrise
“Sweet memories of holding hands and red bouquets…and quiet nights and gentle days with you.” (Billy Strange & Mac Davis). “Life was beautiful then. I remember the time I knew what happiness was.” (Andrew Lloyd Webber). Respectively, these snippets of two different songs beautifully illustrate the value and comfort of memories of loved ones give to all of us who have lost someone near and dear to us. Memories are a beautiful memorial of having lived and loved. When we cannot have the real, we are grateful that memories remain. If you lost a spouse, do you remember how the two of you met? What were some of the traditions that you held dear? My in-laws would on the weekend of their anniversary go somewhere on their own by themselves for some alone time, just the two of them. It is the small as well as the larger memories that eventually as we heal will make us smile as we rise in the morning as well as when we lay our head upon our pillow at night.
Part of the hard reality is that none of us will leave this earth alive, and the odds of our soul mate and ourselves departing together at the same time is extremely rare. Thus, we should build as many positive memories as we may be able. Once we or our spouse or our child or whomever is left alive to mourn the departure of a significant other then it is our obligation to live our lives is serving others. There is always someone who needs us to live on the very best that we are able in sound mind, body and soul. As one ancient writer said, “May you prosper as your soul prospers.” Building memories all along our life, especially the positive will go along way to making the twilight years a blessing, no matter if we live a short life span or long. If we may be of service in any way please allow us the opportunity.
This is Sunrise Aftercare.
