In this time and space, we find ourselves in a holding pattern with Elaine, a thin place that often goes unnoticed... I believe there are “thin places” we often miss, but, perhaps, the one between life and death is inescapable.
Only God knows the day and the hour of transformation. We are clinging to His timing and His love.
My counselor recently quoted a phrase to me about grief.
“Grief is just love with no place to go.” -Jamie Anderson
It’s so fitting for where we have been, where we are now and where we will be in the coming days.
We have been grieving Elaine for two weeks now. She’s lies comfortably with the beautiful caretakers at Alive Hospice. She breathes, but she is leaving us...slowly...on her terms but with time for us to hold her and shower her with the love and care she was not always able to receive in life but seems to be soaking it in now.
It’s hard to describe or define grief. It is so personal, and all of us process differently. Grief is heavy, but it is an important part of loving.
Thank you for loving us, for grieving for and praying over our sweet Elaine.
“Grief, I’ve learned, is really just
Love. It’s all the love you want to give, but cannot. All that unspent
Love gathers up in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat and in that hollow part of your chest. Grief is just love with no place to go.”
-Jamie Anderson