Loss Quote by Martha Whitmore Hickman

“So maybe the experience of loss not only helps clarify what is important to us, but also helps us know where we are and the direction in which we want to go. In” quote by Martha Whitmore Hickman — Download Open image

““So maybe the experience of loss not only helps clarify what is important to us, but also helps us know where we are and the direction in which we want to go. In””

Martha Whitmore Hickman

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If we can choose where to cry, at home or with a few people who will be fully understanding, perhaps we will feel easier. But if we can't - if we are in church and a hymn catches us off guard, or at a football game and we remember being there with a son or daughter now gone - well,…

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“Nothing could stop you. Not the best day. Not the quiet. Not the ocean rocking. You went on with your dying. —”

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In a world of such beauty as birds in flight, surely I can come to feel at home again, even after my loss.

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A Light exists in Spring Not present on the Year At any other period - When March is scarcely here A Color stands abroad On Solitary Fields That Science cannot overtake But Human Nature feels. It waits upon the Lawn, It shows the furthest Tree Upon the furthest Slope you know It almost speaks to you. Then as Horizons step…

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Shhh.” He put a finger to her lips. “Hear me out. I cannot deny that I would've liked to have made babies with you. A little girl with your hair and eyes would've been the delight of my life. But it is you that I want primarily, not mythical children. I can survive the loss of something I've never had.…

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“Good morning,” one of the soldiers said. “I’m Captain Joseph Walker and this is Sergeant James Vanetten. We are members of the One-Hundred-and-First Airborne Division, Fort Campbell.” Wanda nodded “May we know your name?” “Wanda May Divine.” “Are David and Thomas the first and middle names of your husband?” “Yes.” “Is he currently deployed in Afghanistan?”

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