Monday, December 17, 2012
Haiku and loss
Jessica, very appropriately, wrote this:
After this morning
It's safe to say: I'm starting
To fear this whole world.
The tragedy at Newtown has darkened Adent for many of us; at church yesterday not one of the presenters could get through what they were doing without at least the hint of tears.
So, instead of a lighthearted biography this morning, it is with a heavy heart that I hope you will read this great piece Jeanne Bishop wrote for the Huffington Post, which limns out the harsh reality of the very human losses we see in this kind of tragedy:
It means absorbing the surreal news that your loved one--the one whose warm body you just hugged not too long ago, whose bright eyes you looked into--is no more. Never to hear their voice again, to feel those arms around your neck.
For me, it meant going to the morgue to identify the bodies of ones I adored, motionless, zipped inside body bags.
It meant the heartbreak of packing up baby bottles Nancy had bought, in her excitement to be a mother.
For the parents of the dead of Sandy Hook School, it means an empty bed tonight in a child's room, a barren pillow. A toothbrush dry in its holder; pajamas folded in a drawer, unworn. Instead of laughter, the quiet of a tomb.
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Micah,
Your insight and compassion expressed in the Zephyrus today should be lessen to us all - the future, soon to be in hands like 'yours,' will glow brighter when it is not 'disbelief' we continue to pull out of the 'drawer' of life, but the 'mantle of courage' you call all to embrace and display while advocating for 'love of life' - the unconditional love of all life that the 'True Gift' of Christmas represents in the birth of a 'Babe' born in a manger. . .
I am sure, many are very proud of your courage to speak for those who have had their voices silenced before such young lives were able to discover them or the power of their words they will never have an opportunity to express or share. . .
We need honor them with our words and actions. This day you have honored them in word and thought - and challenged us to do the same.
Thank You!!!
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Your insight and compassion expressed in the Zephyrus today should be lessen to us all - the future, soon to be in hands like 'yours,' will glow brighter when it is not 'disbelief' we continue to pull out of the 'drawer' of life, but the 'mantle of courage' you call all to embrace and display while advocating for 'love of life' - the unconditional love of all life that the 'True Gift' of Christmas represents in the birth of a 'Babe' born in a manger. . .
I am sure, many are very proud of your courage to speak for those who have had their voices silenced before such young lives were able to discover them or the power of their words they will never have an opportunity to express or share. . .
We need honor them with our words and actions. This day you have honored them in word and thought - and challenged us to do the same.
Thank You!!!
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