Sometimes you just need to wallow.
Sometimes life gets the best of us. Or death. Or maybe a broken heart or lost job takes you to your knees. The pain is palpable.
In those times, the storm rolls in, sometimes unexpectedly, smothering your soul. Such a sick feeling of sorrow, like a long slow sigh of the cello.
We learn to share and play fair and sound out words. We learn to cook and read musical scales and memorize the faces of our favorite people.
No one teaches us how to survive death. It’s total immersion learning. Lonely. Breathe in, breathe out. Sob.
And then the sun comes out making the air clean and fresh and bright.
I play music. My favorite go to happy song, no matter the season, is Sleigh Ride (Boston Pops Orchestra version). Strange I suppose, but it reminds me of Christmas and family and snow. How can you not be happy riding in a one-horse-open-sleigh in the woods? Carefree times. The horse whinny at the end always makes me smile.
Quiet time, yoga, meditation, walking and thinking, looking at the trees. Trees are a brighter shade of green after the storm.
talya
Musical Pairings:
Like the long slow sigh of the cello: dying. But the sound of it is the only beautiful thing about it.― Sonya Hartnett, Surrender
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| Godspeed, Pauline Boerner |
Well said Talya. I know there is a great celebration going on in Heaven today with the beautiful Pauline. Barbara
🙁 Wish I could be there to give y’all hugs. Miss you.
Very poignant. Was she your mother-in-law? Or an aunt by marriage? You can tell us more in a couple of weeks. loveP
R.I.P. Pauline Boerner
“In those times, the storm rolls in, sometimes unexpectedly, smothering your soul. Such a sick feeling of sorrow, like a long slow sigh of the cello.” Great metaphor and simile. A fitting tribute to a wonderful woman who will be deeply missed.
Beautifully written tribute for a beautiful woman. I’m sorry for your’s and your family’s loss, Talya.
glad you are catching up:))