Here it is, another difficult day. One year ago today, my beautiful sister lost her three year long battle with pancreatic cancer. She fought a really good fight with everything she had. She smiled through all of the hard stuff, the chemo treatments, some cryo surgery. She also knocked a few things off her bucket list - trips with friends to Ireland, to Paris, and some beach trips on the California coast. We all miss her every day.
Losing a loved one is never easy. I always considered myself lucky because I was nearly 60 years old before I started losing loved ones. My maternal grandfather lived to be 104 and my paternal grandmother was 95. So I found myself learning how to grieve at a late age.
We hear talk about the circle of life. And I think I'm one of the odd ones who doesn't grieve the way most do. There hasn't been a lot of wailing or heavy sobbing. Sometimes the tears well up but the crying jags only last a few moments. We all cope with it differently, but there's no doubt that we all feel the sadness that comes with loss. And while we miss our loved ones, it should also serve as a reminder about how precious life is, and that we need to keep living in the moment, enjoying life every single day.
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