Click. Read. Love. 5.3.24
On searching for joy amid tragedy, thoughts on loving fashion, who social media is making us become, mother's day gift ideas, making friendships the center of our lives, and more.
It’s been a week since we said good-bye to my cousin, whatever that even means. It still feels surreal. While I’m sad for us (his cousins), and his friends (who showed up to his service in the hundreds), I can’t stop thinking about the pain of his partner, his kids, his brother, and his parents.
As a mother now, the thought of losing a child, it’s just too much. We will all grapple with this new reality in our own way, and maybe that’s one of the hardest parts. As much as tragedy brings us together, we are also alone in our grief.
I keep searching for joy, and finding it in the smallest of places. In the sun warming my face and the Earth, bringing tulips and daffodils up from the ground. Letting my mind wander while watching clouds change shape in the sky above. Playing my daughter’s new favorite game before bed, animal charades. Planting peony bulbs and the uncontainable excitement of gardening season.
Terrible things happen and we may never know why. As hard as we search for reason and logic, we may never find it. And so we must also keep living, and search for the joy. If you go looking, you will find it.
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