What Grief Gives...
by Charlotte Bennardo Grief. It's the one constant in everyone's life. Whether it's a beloved relative, a pet, a sense of self, freedom or whatever, we all must deal with it some time. For me, beyond the loss of loved ones, I would count the loss of wonder as one of the biggest losses. I remember my great-grandmother, on her 100th birthday. As a kid, I simply couldn't imagine having one hundred birthday cakes, one hundred (at least) gifts. Remember fireworks as a kid? We'd ooh and ahh at all of them, even the little ones. Sparklers were the highlights on the Fourth of July. And Christmas...waking up to a lit tree with presents underneath, the cousins coming over for dinner and to play our new games. I was fascinated with the twinkling of fireflies, imagining them taking fairies on nighttime rides, using their lights like car headlights. Photo by marclyc li: https://www.pexels.com/photo/enchanting-fireflies-in-a-serene-forest-setting-38188604/ But then came wonder...
