Love and loss. When those two things go together it’s usually poignant. This essay though brings tears to my eyes every time I read it. It’s such a portrait of how we can be going about our every day business, mundane and deeply meaningful at the same time, and suddenly something happens and our lives aren’t the same afterwards.
Our member, Sonja Klein, shares this touching midlife essay about how her favorite Valentine’s Day is inextricably intertwined with losing the love of her life.
One of the not-so-fun aspects of midlife is that we begin losing loved ones. Parents, spouses, friends. When it comes to parents, sometimes we lose one, then the other in a relatively short time span. Add losing a spouse to that mix and it can be almost too much bear.
In this essay, our member, Risa Brown, offers a thoughtful look at coming to terms with losing both her parents and her husband within 3 years of one another. She finds that to move forward, she has to pay homage to past places.
On its face, this sounds like a belated holiday essay. But really, it’s about traditions in general, about how life changes, about how WE change and being willing to let go of what we’ve outgrown.
This essay by our member, Cara Holman, is actually a perfect piece to read at the beginning of the year. Setting goals and making changes in our lives usually requires us to make room for something new by letting go of the old.
Love and loss. When those two things go together it’s usually poignant. This essay though brings tears to my eyes every time I read it. It’s such a portrait of how we can be going about our every day business, mundane and deeply meaningful at the same time, and suddenly something happens and our lives aren’t the same afterwards.
One of the not-so-fun aspects of midlife is that we begin losing loved ones. Parents, spouses, friends. When it comes to parents, sometimes we lose one, then the other in a relatively short time span. Add losing a spouse to that mix and it can be almost too much bear. 
On its face, this sounds like a belated holiday essay. But really, it’s about traditions in general, about how life changes, about how WE change and being willing to let go of what we’ve outgrown. .jpg)
