2 Weeks and Everything is Different
It’s hard to believe that it has been 2 weeks since the fire. At this time 2 weeks ago, I was just beginning to stir and thinking about my full day ahead. Since I haven’t shared past Day 2 with you yet, I am going to do that now.
I realize I don’t want to think about those days. It’s easier at this point to share where I am now, but there is a chunk of the story missing.
David returned with a raging migraine on the morning of 28thon an early flight. (He is blogging too at www.northforkashes.com.) I wasn’t sure how our reunion would be. Would I weep in his arms, would I fall down, would we argue? We greeted each other calmly and further cemented the team we have become over our 17 years of marriage. Stress (as I am sure you know) can do bad things to a couple. Grief can rip a marriage apart. As my client Sandra Champlain reminds me, we all experience grief differently; we are in different places at different times; and we can easily make each other wrong and have misunderstandings. David and I promise to be gentle with each other and to be aware of our differences in processing. We promise to be a team.
09 April, 2012
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