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| Bradford & I |
Two years ago, we lost our dear Heather (Bradford's wife) to cancer. Then last month, he took his own life. I have been angry, sad, depressed, betrayed, breathless, destroyed, distraught, confused, frustrated, peaceful and more. I have thought about a lot of things, as one does when a death occurs. Yet underneath all the negative feelings I experienced I always felt a very large foundation of love and peace because I know I will see him again. I do believe in life after death. Through it all there is one thought that kept circling back in my mind and that is what I wanted to share... and that is that when life breaks you you have a choice on how you heal.
Life will break us. Sometimes small hairline fractures, sometimes completely into pieces. Bradford had a lot of really hard things in his life. I keep thinking that those things would have made him so strong. But with each break it made him weaker. Till he broke. I keep thinking that with all of the really hard things in my life, have I let myself heal properly so that I really am stronger? When rough things hit us we need to take the time to grow, to embrace the painful things and make us better. For ourselves and for those around us. So with each hard moment, take the time to heal. Don't let your heart become hardened from life. When you break a leg you have to begin walking on it again. Life goes on, keep walking. It will make you stronger or weaker. Either way, it is your choice.
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