My Everyday Life: Week 48

Not the week you expected, but you still found so much beauty, as you always seem to do. The best friends box…oh wow. Still thinking of you, and hoping that you are well.

I’m so sorry for your loss. I look forward to your everyday life posts on sundays because of the beauty you find and share. I feel like your mother was very proud of the beautiful life you choose to live. Praying for comfort for you and your family in this season.

Thank you for always finding the beauty in small things. You have helped to teach me this, and it has helped me immensely. I hope that it is helping you in this difficult time. Much love to you and your family. <3

Oh Tracy! What you have been sharing is so powerful, vunerable, and moving! I’m thinking about you often (always when I’m cooking.) Your updates stop me in my tracks. It’s nice to see you back to your regularly scheduled posts but please, take all the time you need to get through this. Thank you for showing us all how beautiful you and your family are – especially your love for your mom.

I am so sorry for your loss. I am going through the same thing, and that to-do list looked very similar to mine a month ago. I hope you find strength in the memories you shared with your mom, and in the love and support of those around you. This is a hard thing to go through, especially this time of year.

Tracy, sending you love and hugs and tears and prayers. I pray that God would give you peace, and that you and your family find comfort in Him and in each other and the beautiful life your mom created and passed on to you. My your life continue to be a reflection of her beauty.

Hey Tracy,

I’m so in awe of your kind spirit and the way in which you are honoring your mom. You are a fantastic daughter and an huge role model to me. The Holiday season tests us a lot in many different ways but your resilience truly shines through. Take care of yourself.

I keep re-writing this post and no words seem right. Just sending love your way!

Tracy,

Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful artistic talent with us all – your posts about your mother are truly lovely. I lost my own mother almost 10 years ago, when my children were 7, 5, and 2 1/2. I am thankful that they were able to know her. What I learned from her passing is that you do not pass through grief in neat stages, like a list you check off, and never have to pass through that stage again. On the contrary, the stages of grief are like a continuous circle. You will pass through them in no particular order, and more than one time. Be patient with yourself, this is the process of healing. The grief for your mother is something that you will carry for the rest of your life, however, the weight of it will gradually lighten, and it will become easier to carry. Eventually you will be able to think of her without being consumed by deep grief, but will still hold her memory and the love she shared with you deep in your heart. Much peace to you and your family!

I am so far behind in my blog reading…. I’m so sorry to hear about your mom and found myself tearing up reading your post. I lost my mom a few years ago. When I picked up her ashes and was walking around numb, a woman stopped me to ask who I’d lost, and she said, “The first year will be the hardest of your life, but it’ll get better.” And she was right. It’ll always hurt, but eventually there will be more smiles at memories than astonished sadness. Thinking of you.