Easy come, hard go

As the year comes to a close, all I can do is keep moving forward. This grief still knocks me to my knees and makes it so hard to breathe. I’ll try to exhale all the stress and sadness 2023 ushered in and pray for the coming year to be filled with a peace that surpasses all understanding. This has been such a hard year. Still reeling from my dad’s death in August of 2022 and then losing my mom in April, followed by losing my beautiful husband Joe in September. The things I’ve experienced this year are nothing short of unbearable, and it all still seems so unreal to me.

This song really speaks to my relationship with Joe. It was so easy to fall in love with him. And even when life was hard, when things seemed hopeless, he still found a way to make me believe that everything was going to be okay. And he was right every time, until that last time. But life does go on. And while I will never stop loving him, I have to find my way without him.

I’ll keep writing because it really has become part of my healing process. I’m hopeful I can begin to find my new place in this world in 2024. Thank you for hanging with me this far. Wishing everyone a wonderful New Year filled with love, happiness, and hope.