A specter that has followed me throughout the majority of my life. From my near death at birth thanks to being premature. My grandfather (mother's side), my closest friend, passing when I was 7. Then the loss of another grandfather on my mom's side (grandmother married twice) several years later. To the loss of several pets throught my early 20s. And the deaths of both my stepdad's parents within 3 years of each other. And finally this past week, my Mom's mom has passed through the Veil to the Otherworld.
But death is not always a bad thing. With it's anguish and pain, it also brings change and growth for the positive. It is the most primal and powerful of forces we all deal with, and one that many of us spend our lives trying to avoid and not think about, but it's specter is always there just in the periphery, waiting to make it's appearance. Death is to be treated with respect and reverance, but it should never be shunned or ignored. It is a facet of life, bittersweet, whether we want it to be or not.
But death is not always a bad thing. With it's anguish and pain, it also brings change and growth for the positive. It is the most primal and powerful of forces we all deal with, and one that many of us spend our lives trying to avoid and not think about, but it's specter is always there just in the periphery, waiting to make it's appearance. Death is to be treated with respect and reverance, but it should never be shunned or ignored. It is a facet of life, bittersweet, whether we want it to be or not.
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