It’s time
This will be my last post here. I have been thinking for some time that I have run my course with this blog, and I think that’ll come as no surprise to those of you who still check it out regularly. But it’s important to me to say goodbye; without a goodbye, people are left wondering, and I know how much I hate that.
There is a certain impulse to leave some concluding, what-I-have-learned, remarks in a post like this, but I’m also resisting it, as I don’t know what I would say. Nothing has really concluded for me at this point other than my commitment to blogging my grief. I still do not know where this journey will take me, but I am under no delusion that it is over. I just keep going, and try to keep the faith that if I keep breathing, things will work out as they should.
Thank you to everyone who has read here, and a special thanks to those who have participated via comments and gifted me with wisdom, support, and help when I needed it. I hope I have managed to pay back a little of that in kind.
It is my intention to leave this blog here indefinitely, so that others may find it when they need it. It is the book I will never write, but I offer freely to those it might just help feel less alone some day.
Thanks again for traveling with me this while. I wish us all peace and healing, wherever in our lives we need them.
Love,
The Girl Left Behind
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I’m sad to see this; I love the image and caption and wish you well.
Hugs
Sigh… Another good blogger saying goodbye.
Actually, the best grief blogs must either come to an end or evolve into something different. I’ve no doubt that you’ve chosen the option that’s better for you.
I am glad that you have progressed to a time when you do not need to write here any more. I too have progressed to a place when I don’t have the need to be reading & thinking about my grief every day all day. You are right, it is a journey & it is not over, but it is more easily tolerated now. Thank you for all the words that kept me from thinking I was going completely insane.
b
Thank you, ladies.
TGLB,
I don’t really know what to say.
Perhaps, sometimes, it’s better that way.
Remembering shared moments of resonance.
Be well. Keep well.
Rob
Eventually there is nothing left to say that hasn’t been said already with other words.
Take care.
Gosh, how did I manage to miss this post for over 2 weeks?? I swear I’ve been to your blog more recently than that…but apparently not.
I often wonder when it might be the end point for my blog too, when I have little say relative to what’s already been said. I understand completely why it’s time for you to officially close, and I offer a simultaneous big high-five and a hug. I know that ending the blog doesn’t mean your path is over, but it is a demarkation point…and that’s something to celebrate.
I think I just like blathering on a page too much to stop yet. ;o)
I’m very glad I’ve met you, and triply glad that I have ways to still keep in touch with you! (Loved that new sassy picture of you on Flickr, btw!) I’ve appreciated your words, insights, and deep examinations greatly, and I’m so blessed to have found a kindred soul.
Best of luck to you in everything (even though this isn’t not, nor will it be, an official goodbye from me)!
Hugs,
Candice