People may say, “Greg would want you to be happy.” And perhaps he would. I know he wouldn’t want my heart to hurt.
But Greg also knew the depth of a mother’s love. He would understand that you don’t simply switch off a lifetime of loving your child because life keeps moving forward.
I will find my way to happiness again. But I will do it in my own time, on my own terms, without apologizing for the days when I miss him more than words can explain.
Greg isn’t a chapter I need to close. He’s a part of me I will carry forward, always. This is my grief. This is my love. And this is my journey. I Wish Death Would Take a Vacation: This Side of Heaven by Joy M. Mills.
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