Sunday, January 4, 2009
from my heart
As we usher in the new year, I can't help but feel for those who've lost loved ones in the past couple of weeks. December has always been a month of merriment for me. The school holidays, the start of a new year where everything begins on a new slate and just an overall festive feeling despite personally not celebrating Christmas, the month just seems to fly by pleasantly.
To hear of anyone losing people that matter to them, especially during this month just sobers me up that little bit. For all of the cynicism that comes with who I am, I can never look at a loss life as just another person who's time on earth is up. I always think of the people who have to cope with not having that person in their lives for as long as they live. A mother without a son to grow up, a daughter without a father to see her child born, a brother who can never again call up his older bro out for a coffee. That's the real sad thing about death, the people it leaves behind living.
This is a pretty obvious post but I just felt the need to write about it. Here's to 2009. To all who've left us, my first thoughts of the year go out to you. May all of you rest in peace and to those left behind, time will eventually warm your grief into memories but tonight i grieve with you.
-dib- at 1:47 AM