Question by Silva: Can you write a story of love and loss and include these lyrics?
1) They say everything can be replaced……..
2) Any day now, any day now…I shall be released.
3) Speaking strictly for me…we both could have died then and there.
4) Where is the life you long for?
5) This story has never been told.
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Answer by Sunshine? MattBaby
“Love and Loss”

(1) They say everything can be replaced, but of course that is not true.

When my darling little canine daughter needed to be released from this life, I was with her. I was completely calm for her to insure a peaceful, loving farewell. Afterwards I went outside of the vet’s office and fell to the ground, out of my mind with pain.

It’s okay to cry.

Something wonderful happened on my way home, within minutes, really. I felt a beautiful soothing love come over me. (The same exact thing happened very soon after my husband died, years earlier.) I called the vet’s on my cell to let them know that all was well. They were stunned. “But Sunshine. When you left here…..MINUTES ago…. you were NOT well. What happened?” I told them that my little one had somehow showered her love on me and I was okay.
Unfortunately this feeling didn’t last for too long….. When I got home to my father who was now living with me, I was so sick with grief I had to go to bed.

It’s important to grieve.

A month later, my precious mother died. I was fortunate to have been alone with her. I remember thinking,days prior to her passing, (2) “Any day now, any day now…she shall be released.” All at once the heart monitors started changing. I knew she was about to leave me. Although she was on heavy doses of Morphine, I put her hearing aide gently back in her ear so she might hear me. I spoke very softly, telling her that today was her day of celebration; That everyone loved her and she was the belle of the ball. Her passing was quietly joyful and calm.
That night,however, I took a walk and screamed very loudly.

It’s okay to scream.

A year later, my darling father was in the hospital. He asked me if it would be alright if he let go…… He told me he was no longer living, just existing. I told him I wanted whatever he wanted. I also told him I would never leave his side.
Again, God granted me the honor of being alone with my loved one at the end. (3) Speaking strictly for me…we BOTH could have died then and there. I actually said to God that night after I got home…… “If you want to take me now, that would be just fine with me.”

It’s okay to feel this way.

A little over a year later, my brother lay in a hospice bed. I spent the first day with him, expecting him to go home in a day or two. When I went to see him the second day, I was stunned by his appearance. I left the room, found the doctor and told him that my brother was dying. He said, “No, no. He’s just resting.” I told him that my brother had begun the death process. He went in to see him and came out a few minutes later asking me to join him down the hall. I knew what he would say. After being told that he indeed was dying, I asked if it could happen that day. When he said “yes,” I told him I needed to go to him, and I concluded the meeting. I NEVER took my eyes off of my brother the rest of the day and that night. I made sure everyone who came in the room, saluted him before they left. I remember singing “The Marine Corps Hymn” very softly to him. I was alone with my beloved one when he joined our parents in heaven.

Semper Fi, big brother.

Time has passed. I have tried to gather my wits. (4) Where is the life you long for, you may well ask?
Well ……. I’m still working on that. It is a new life, for sure. I am alone now. My one remaining sibling has more or less divorced me, taking her kids with her. (Gawd, I sound pathetic!
I apologize.)

But here’s the real deal……The story of my life is being written each and every day. (5) This story has never been told before, because …..and here comes a HUGE cliche……….
It is truely a work in process.

And that’s okay.

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