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The Dancers
Mar 14, 2008 08:52PM
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Lately I think a lot about the responsibility of friendship, the dance of love - so beautiful the way our life's steps interweave with our dear ones. We merge and move together, then separate and solo, in patterns rich and strange. We hold each other, share the joy and tears, then drift our own way for a time. A lifetime of love and caring, always sure that those we love will always be with us just for the asking. Perhaps out of our immediate view, but only a letter, a phone call, a warm thought away.
If I could hold my loved ones forever safe in my arms - oh what would I give for that gift. To always know the right words, how to pursuade, what advice to give. In my profession I am addressed as Counsellor - each day I carry the weight of that responsibility and the honor of that title.
Leaving the fate of a dear one in the hands of strangers breaks the heart, and watching from the sidelines while bad advice endangers our precious one breaks the spirit. So we wade into the fray, struggling against the harsh truth - these are adults who must be given the best counsel we can offer, but they must be allowed the dignity of self-determination.
In the end, each of us must do our last dance alone.
If I could hold my loved ones forever safe in my arms - oh what would I give for that gift. To always know the right words, how to pursuade, what advice to give. In my profession I am addressed as Counsellor - each day I carry the weight of that responsibility and the honor of that title.
Leaving the fate of a dear one in the hands of strangers breaks the heart, and watching from the sidelines while bad advice endangers our precious one breaks the spirit. So we wade into the fray, struggling against the harsh truth - these are adults who must be given the best counsel we can offer, but they must be allowed the dignity of self-determination.
In the end, each of us must do our last dance alone.
by jdwithhcv, Mar 14, 2008 08:59PM
Should add an apology to Jackson Browne
by pitoune3333, Mar 14, 2008 10:01PM
I find your thoughts very profound. My mother is dying of this terrible disease, and my sister and I find it very hard. But it is especially hard on our father who has been married to her for the last 50 yrs or so. She is currently in ICU. We don't know more it is a wait and see period.
by Deb_c430, Mar 15, 2008 02:45PM
My Friend,
That is so beautifully written, deep and thought provoking. So beyond the petty little everyday and the games people play.
I find that the quote "it is giving we recieve," to be the a truth that holds me together.
I used to love Jackson brown, and that line the last dance alone is so true.
The responsabilty of friendship of love can sometimes be a burden, what beauty when we rise above the selfishness of self.
Alone we are, born and die, suffer, raise families, You astound me, the courage you have shown cancer, hcv, carreer, and your kindness and goodness shines through, I am proud to call you friend, you make my lonliness less, you make me laugh, and so for this time we are not alone.
You are a dear friend.
xoxoxo
Deb
That is so beautifully written, deep and thought provoking. So beyond the petty little everyday and the games people play.
I find that the quote "it is giving we recieve," to be the a truth that holds me together.
I used to love Jackson brown, and that line the last dance alone is so true.
The responsabilty of friendship of love can sometimes be a burden, what beauty when we rise above the selfishness of self.
Alone we are, born and die, suffer, raise families, You astound me, the courage you have shown cancer, hcv, carreer, and your kindness and goodness shines through, I am proud to call you friend, you make my lonliness less, you make me laugh, and so for this time we are not alone.
You are a dear friend.
xoxoxo
Deb
by charm27, Mar 15, 2008 04:59PM
Words fail me on this one...its the reality of life. We are all left on stage at one point to end the game, some of us alone, some of us holding on to someone's hand and to all the memories of our life as they flash by.
Life is so beautiful and I am alone now everyone is gone but if I had to do it all again I would just hit the replay button as many of us would. Those are the lucky and grateful ones. I am one of them, so much to be grateful for its overwhelming at times...and yet I sit alone now....but its ok.
In my heart I do feel as if I hit the lotto 10 times over as far as love, life, and family.
Thank you for that.
Life is so beautiful and I am alone now everyone is gone but if I had to do it all again I would just hit the replay button as many of us would. Those are the lucky and grateful ones. I am one of them, so much to be grateful for its overwhelming at times...and yet I sit alone now....but its ok.
In my heart I do feel as if I hit the lotto 10 times over as far as love, life, and family.
Thank you for that.
by Wassup, Mar 16, 2008 03:07AM
Hi jd, I'm so sorry that you have so many health issues to deal with. We just lost our sister, Catherine, (after a four year fight with what John Wayne called"The Big C"). Hers was ovarian, and by the time she knew she had it, they removed a tumor the size of a watermelon. Her MELD score wasn't that good from the start, but the trooper she was, kept on fighting 'til the end, 12-13-07. One comment she made to me a few days before she passed was, "Cancer is harder on the ones that love me, than it is for me". Of course, I cried like a baby, while I hugged her and kissed her, as gently as I possibly could. We were really blessed to have her those 60 years, 10 months, and 37 days. My heart goes out to you and to the people that love you. May God bless you with many many more moments, occasions, and seasons to treasure forever. Love and hugs, Ant B
by charm27, Mar 16, 2008 06:55AM
All My feathered friends
Im so sorry and feel your heart. You know one heart feels another. My deepest condolences go out to you and yours.
Hold on to those wonder memories called "Life" and dont ever let it escape you.
We all have our grief and sorrow. But there are two ways of coming out of a situation bitter, or better, Ive chosen better.
God Bless All of you.
Charm
Im so sorry and feel your heart. You know one heart feels another. My deepest condolences go out to you and yours.
Hold on to those wonder memories called "Life" and dont ever let it escape you.
We all have our grief and sorrow. But there are two ways of coming out of a situation bitter, or better, Ive chosen better.
God Bless All of you.
Charm
by meki, Apr 09, 2008 09:39PM
That was probably one of the coolest things I've read in quite awhile!
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