I’ve been deeply inspired by Edith Zimmerman’s takeover of a long favorite internet relic - kottke.org. The way Jason Kottke (and now Edith Zimmerman) treats the site is just a repository of the internet, with some personal bits mixed in. I want to try it.
I wrote about my cousin’s gratitude posts years ago, and this year she finished her 30 days of thanks with a message on grief.
“I went back and forth on what to post on the final day, but ultimately I have landed on grief. I have experienced a great deal of grief this year, as have many people I love dearly. Our culture doesn’t acknowledge grief much at all, let alone its utility in teaching us the depths of love. Grief is love expressing itself through pain because the object of our love is not able to receive it (at least not in the same way). Obviously, I have grieved the passing of multiple people lately, but I have also grieved a lot of circumstances and missed opportunities, poor timing, and hopes continually deferred … although it is painful, I am grateful for the process and am willing to pay the cost, to love and hope, and be disappointed by ill fate and damaged by the parting of death. I am grateful for the capability to express all that love with nowhere to go…”
I find grief to be very palpable this time of year. I hope you are taking good care of yourself.
Love,
Lexie