Tears May Flow As We Meet Them in Our Memories

One of my favorite TV shows is called “Heartland.” During the last episode, there were “flashbacks” to parts of previous episodes. In the flashbacks, one of the lead characters, Jack, was engaged in different conversations with someone he was now missing from his life. When she came to his mind, you would see his thoughts wandering into different corridors, visiting moments he has stored as important, and now journeying back down those to “meet” with her again.

As grievers, we do the same. Something will trigger a thought of our loved one and we may venture down our own mental corridors, flashing from one memory to another, getting lost for a moment in what was. As we take those mental journeys, we may feel the trickle of a tear rolling down our cheek. We may never meet again with our loved one in this life, but that does not mean we cannot take time to meet with them in corridors of our memories and be thankful for the moments we were blessed to have. Tears are portals for the pain to pour out through….let ‘em flow.

 

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