Thursday
Feb182010
today, this is what i know.
i heard your laughter today. it rang out inside me like a whisper from long ago. years now. the last time we talked has been almost half a decade ago. in this moment, i want to tell you all that has happened. i was so lost, searching my pockets constantly for a flashlight so i could find my way. and then, through that darkness, that grief, that fear, i suddenly looked up and saw all the lights around me. some were far far in the distance, but they stood there waiting. patiently. while i just kept going, even when i found myself back in the same place for a bit. i would tell you about how i one day realized that the lights were not only surrounding me with their guidance and truth and love, but that the light lived within me. within me. and i knew i would never again be alone. did you learn this truth when you were here? how i wish i could tell you. how i wish i could invite you to stand in your light and know. in this moment, i sit here with this truth within my heart while another light within me grows and twirls and beats each day, waiting. and when she arrives, i will teach her this truth. maybe i am already teaching her. i will teach her about the light within her. i will tell her about the light grief gifted me. i will teach her about the day i thought i was never going to find my way and then i looked up. i will tell her all that you teach me even now. even now when your laughter is...even now when you are...a memory.
liz lamoreux
Reader Comments (12)
stunning and true.
so glad i clicked over today. what a gift.
you touched my heart today.
xo
this moves me so...
xo
YES.
beautiful...so beautiful...
I love being reminded about the light within - again and again, because, well, I can't seem to remember it on my own. Thank you, sweet Liz.
stunning soul. thank you for reminding me again about your true beauty and that i too have that little light. you ARE already teaching your little bean
You will teach her and she will teach you. That is the beauty of parenting.
xx,
deb
Liz this is beautiful. It brought tears to my eyes. You are such a wise soul. Sending you love!
what a lovely post....
thank you for sharing this with us...
thank you for reminding us of this light we each have within us...
sending love and hugs,
k
You will gift your beautiful baby with so much, just as your were inspirited by those who loved you.
"i will tell her about the light grief gifted me..." YES. YES.
So beautiful.