Lessons in Resilience
Grief had taught him some deep lessons about how much he could endure; sometimes, her absence weighed too heavily, memories leaving him crying instead of comforting him. He mustered the energy to face that when he read her note.
He learned to let go of his emotions rather than hiding them from the people around him, during which he realized that it was ordinary to mourn because the process itself became part of healing. She reminded him of words that made pain no longer terrifying but merely a sign of their love’s depth. Every wave of sadness brought him memory and warmth to the heart.
Period after period, he came to view himself no longer as a broken man by loss but as one modeled by love. Kind words from her helped him to see his outlook change from mourning the beauty of their journey to marveling about it.
