Over and over we are reminded through loss
how much we ought to cherish what/who we have/love!
Two weeks ago a friend celebrated the birth of a grand-daughter
and the sudden loss of her father...hours apart!
This past weekend my husband's cousin lost their eighteen year old son.
He was hit on his bicycle and killed instantly!
(Please pray for this family as well as the other young man who hit him!!)
(Please pray for this family as well as the other young man who hit him!!)
Joy turned to sorrow in the blink of an eye!
(for locals; the son of the owner of Whiffletree Farm and Nursery)
(these losses bear the added grief of absence of loved ones around them
because of Covid-19 restrictions!)
because of Covid-19 restrictions!)
So much joy to celebrate
Sorrow in disguise
Interweaves through love’s estate
Solemn compromise
Laughter’s sparkling melody
Spills its joyful score
Sorrow’s searing agony
Knocks outside the door
Joy, love’s gladsome buffer in
Certain recompense
Sorrow’s sacred suffering
Is love’s consequence
Love, ah who is brave enough
For grief’s rending shear
Ah, the tender joy of love
Is worth every tear
Sometimes fear could almost steal
Love's vulner'ble joy
But for love's succor to heal
What naught can destroy
© Janet Martin
This is heart-breaking to hear about your husband's cousin's loss of their 18 year old son. That is devastating. Oh my!! Oh God please help them.
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Life really is a mingling of happy-sad! and losing a loved one right now without the support of people around is what really intensifies the loss! thankfully they are believers and their living hope will sustain them in this devastating loss!
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