Oh.
The.
Pain.
Whether you miss someone
Ache for someone…or thing
Tears of grief cannot be denied
Try to choke them back
You nearly choke yourself
Really try to “hold it together”
Your heart may rebel; your digestive system may kick up
Allow these tears of grief to flow
They have no home inside of YOU!
I will never forget the time when I was at the vet
I saw a big, muscular tough looking man; cry intently because he had just put his dog down.
He did not cry like a baby; or he did not cry like a girl!
He cried like a man who lost his best friend, his companion.
Don’t hold back your tears of grief
They have no home inside of YOU!
These homeless tears of grief are contagious.
I dare you to watch a young child cry over the loss of a grandparent and not shed a tear or two.
That was how I felt when Christian said “Grandmother, I didn’t know it was you.”
He was eight and now he is gone at 26.
The tears of grief are palatable
They are large and heavy…
And if the human body wasn’t so much water, we might just shrivel up crying tears…
Because tears of grief are like someone is strangling your soul!
Squeezing are tight as they can…
Tears of grief are homeless
They have no place in you.
By Nedra M. Allmond
February 24, 2014