Your ability to share in writing your experience of such a great loss helps me to understand so much better what the family members and dear friends of mine have/are experiencing with the loss of their spouses and the ones who are in the midst of caring for a spouse whose medical challenges are overwhelming. My husband and I are sitting here in our lovely Low Country home in Beaufort daily grateful for our good health at a time in our lives when so many we know are struggling with end of life issues and loss.
I met you at the Pat Conroy Center several years ago when you were still quite new to the Low Country and on the verge of publishing Trouble the Water. I delighted in hearing your story of discovering Beaufort and you passionate effort to uncover and tell Robert Smalls' story.
As I continue to follow you I want to thank you for sharing your love of place, of nature and beauty, of the people you encounter as your journey through life, but most of all the precariousness of the future alone while you feed the birds. I am so sorry for your loss. And so hopeful that you are finding your way one day at a time.
Elizabeth, thank you for your lovely note. It's been my hope that - somehow - in sharing my journey, others might find points of connection and understanding. All of us, in some way, at some point in life, will experience or accompany someone in this hard and confusing place. Hopefully, we remind one another that we're not alone, and that - well, that we need to take care of each other and this beautiful world, that we embrace the work of nurturing and loving, and feeding the birds. All my best to you... R
Never have I ever read words which so very painfully describe your- and, for me- my experience with such accuracy of loss and love. The physical rearranging of so many objects. The constant inner rearrangement. I so wish you had not lost Tom nor, as a result , been given this opportunity to write. However, with his presence within and around you, your words of love are powerful and hopeful and validating for me- and others. Thank you! 💜
Your ability to share in writing your experience of such a great loss helps me to understand so much better what the family members and dear friends of mine have/are experiencing with the loss of their spouses and the ones who are in the midst of caring for a spouse whose medical challenges are overwhelming. My husband and I are sitting here in our lovely Low Country home in Beaufort daily grateful for our good health at a time in our lives when so many we know are struggling with end of life issues and loss.
I met you at the Pat Conroy Center several years ago when you were still quite new to the Low Country and on the verge of publishing Trouble the Water. I delighted in hearing your story of discovering Beaufort and you passionate effort to uncover and tell Robert Smalls' story.
As I continue to follow you I want to thank you for sharing your love of place, of nature and beauty, of the people you encounter as your journey through life, but most of all the precariousness of the future alone while you feed the birds. I am so sorry for your loss. And so hopeful that you are finding your way one day at a time.
Elizabeth, thank you for your lovely note. It's been my hope that - somehow - in sharing my journey, others might find points of connection and understanding. All of us, in some way, at some point in life, will experience or accompany someone in this hard and confusing place. Hopefully, we remind one another that we're not alone, and that - well, that we need to take care of each other and this beautiful world, that we embrace the work of nurturing and loving, and feeding the birds. All my best to you... R
Never have I ever read words which so very painfully describe your- and, for me- my experience with such accuracy of loss and love. The physical rearranging of so many objects. The constant inner rearrangement. I so wish you had not lost Tom nor, as a result , been given this opportunity to write. However, with his presence within and around you, your words of love are powerful and hopeful and validating for me- and others. Thank you! 💜
Jane, I know you understand so well, and I'm so sorry. As solitary as this journey feels, we're not alone. Much love to you.
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Simply beautiful ❤️