PrintJournal (5)
25 May, 2015
Last night as I thought about “resuming the journey”, somewhat unexpectedly the thought came to mind, “Why not report on your journey in the form of letters to Bev?” I say “unexpectedly” because, for me, it was a brand new thought. No one had suggested it. But it immediately commended itself to me.
But then I began to analyse the idea. Was this some subtle indicator that I was in denial? Was this thought the product of a grieving widower who was trying to deal with his grief in an unhealthy manner?
I know that my wife of 50 years died in April 12th, 2015 and she is not coming back.
I do not believe that she will ever read what I write or answer my many questions.
I see this as nothing more than a literary mechanism which will help me to continue the healing of my grief and enormous sense of loss.
I believe that this format will make the readers of these letters more able to identify with my reflections on the continuing journey.
I won’t be posting these letters to heaven! (Besides, I don’t know the postcode)
Now all that sounds fairly healthy to me. I know that grief does strange things to one’s perspective but I am hoping that using the letter format will help keep my feet on the ground.
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