This is a personal post, but I hope you’ll indulge me…
Over the last few months in our house we’ve been dealing with the loss of some loved ones. It’s been a challenging time for all, but one which we all face at times. Stories have a strong role to play at times like these.
Stories help us make sense of what’s happening in the moment. Do you remember when…. She always used to love this… They’re the memories we’ll have and the stronger the story the more vivid the memory. Happy ones, sad ones, uplifting ones. Stories told through sound, vision, smell, and touch. All our senses create stories for us all the time. The stories often become the filters we view the world through. In this circumstance they are part of the glue that binds a community or family.
At times like these we remember stories and we also create new ones. Many of the stories created now, will not be spoken out loud for some time to come, They will be held close, our own personal stories but one day they will play their part in the healing.
To read a story of one of the people we have lost, one of our daughters’ teachers, see here and if you feel the urge, please donate.