I was alone with my mother when she died.
It was by far the saddest moment of my life
and at the same time
the most profound and meaningful.
In one moment,
there was life
and in another
none.
I remember looking outside
only moments later
and wondering why everything
still looked the same
when they felt so different inside.
The sun was shining,
the leaves in the trees
were blowing in the wind...
life was happening
outside this quiet room.
A feeling i had had
only once before in my life.
At the birth of my now teenage son.
Life and death…
one overwhelmed me with total bliss
and the other with deep sadness.
life experiences that make us
and break us.
That teach us
about vulnerability
and strength
and compassion
and pain
and forgiveness,
by giving us everything
and taking everything away.
By showing us
what it is to love.
"Yeah we all shine on,
like the moon,
and the stars,
and the sun."
- John Lennon
