He healeth the broken in heart

The sky is filled with stars which are invisible in the day.  My son David who died is there but is invisible to me. I imagine him among the stars. I do feel his spirit around me. The stars give the most beautiful glow and have inextinguishable brightness appearing like gems in the sky. Sometimes the stars seem to cluster together. They appear closer than usual and strike the eye with great splendor. In Psalms 147: 3-4 we read “He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. He appointeth the number of the stars; he calleth them by their names”. He who created the heaven and the earth has his eye on the universe and at the same time He has compassion for us, the wounded and broken hearted. 

The Sky

I look at the sky many times on a daily basis. It has a healing balm for my soul and I feel connected to it.  I have tenderness towards it as if I am reaching for what I have lost. 

Since David died, I often look at the sky. I see it now with new eyes. I realize that it is for everyone to look at and to enjoy a free view of its majesty. It seems to be my daily food. It offers perpetual comfort, exalting my heart and soothing it. At the same time it offers longing to be with David. Sometimes the sheer beauty of the sky brings tears to my eyes and makes me miss my son even more as he cannot share its grandeur with me.

The sky is the home of every heart. We need to look upwards until we realize that earth and heaven are not so far separated from each other. We must never lose the skyward look. We should never fly low; instead we must try to soar even though our wings are broken. The earth is not our home.

 

Advice for the newly bereaved

I know the pain is unbearable. Cry all you can, write all you can, keep busy all you can, think of the times you loved each other all you can. My son's purpose is unknown to me. His death was accidental. From my experience women are extremely strong and the pain you are experiencing this month will not kill you, just exhaust you. Take good care of yourself, pamper yourself in every way. Don't let the pain wear you down so much that you become ill.  Your family needs you. If anything, the love you bear for your child will just make your capacity for love even greater. 

 

I pretend

I pretend that I am fine when I am with people and then when I am alone I scream and yell and cry and wail. It seems that there is no consolation in this type of loss.My life will forever hurt as I miss my loving son. People think that as time goes by I should feel better as if my son is coming back. It is going to be 13 years for me this August and I miss David more and more and the loneliness is so severe even when I am with many people. My voice changed and even the look on my face has changed. At times I cannot bear it. I despair even though I am told that I should not despair. My pain does not change anything and sometimes I think that it is so stupid to grieve and yet I cannot help myself. Everyday the tension builds up and then the tears flow. There are so many reminders that bring pain and sorrow. I hate it when people tell me that I am strong. After all they do not know what to say. I have been educated by sorrow and loss. I am always thinking of others with a similar loss.