This grief thing can sometimes be a tricky beast, with sadness that feels like anger, and happiness that is still just tired, and pain that that is so intense it broadcasts as numbness. Examining my grief has taught me to notice the actual shape of my hole, in any given moment – and not try to ram people in that don’t fit. Like everyone else on earth, Vanessa was a multi-faceted person, and she had many different impacts on those whose lives crossed hers. I’ll simply never have a single replacement person for her or our relationship that I was lucky enough to enjoy for her 32 years of life. What I can do, firstly, is make sure to not fault anyone else for not being Vanessa. And secondly, look to spread out the role Vanessa played in my life, among many different people, where it fits and they have an ability to cover. *So honored that this piece by Jessica Yaeger is on The Manifest-Station. If you have not read it yet, read it now. Itll blow your mind!
Posted on: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 22:46:21 +0000
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