So, I keep getting these letters and posts from people all over the country whom I've never met talking about how my book changed their lives or helped them in some way! Wow!
Last night I was talking with a group of people and someone brought up how we deal with loss and so on and I started talking about losing my mother and father so close together. When people bring this kind of stuff up it really opens the wound. Still fresh. So I'm talking and I look over and the poor girl next to me is wiping away tears, and I'm patting her on the back thinking, "oh crap, look what you've done now Craig".
So Mother's day has passed and mine is gone from this earth, but she still speaks to me through others. I have these two really great women in my life, surrogate mothers, or sisters really, who care for me in a way that's very special. Thanks M. and N. And even a couple of men who've taken a fatherly kind of role in my life. I hear my Mother's and Father's voices in these people at times, and when I do I smile just a little knowing that they're o.k., and I'm o.k., and that we're still connected by the invisible thread that connects us all.
I got to honor them yesterday by helping this kid who was just seven days clean and homeless and messed up and needing something to hold onto. I did what I could for him and I hope it was enough. Today, I have EXACTLY the life my parents wished for me, the life they tried to teach me how to live, and I know they see that now. Well, There's a couple other things they would have liked for me, but...well, they're just gonna' have to be patient. Hi Mom and Dad.
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Isn't it interesting how we make amends to some people by helping others the way we were helped by those to whom we owe amends?
Okay, I could've said THAT better.
Craig,I came over from Marc's blog to say Hello, so greetings from the UK mate. He told us all to leave our links, so here ya are.
Gaz
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