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Nothing can make up for the absence of someone whom we love,
and it would be wrong to try to find a substitute;
we must simply hold out and see it through.
That sounds very hard at first,
but at the same time it is a great consolation,
for the gap, as long as it remains unfilled,
preserves the bonds between us.
It is nonsense to say that God fills the gap;
God doesn't fill it, but on the contrary,
keeps it empty and so helps us to keep alive
our former communion with each other,
even at the cost of pain.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer in Letters and Papers from Prison
11/6/07
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...There are stars up above,
ReplyDeleteso far away we only see their light long, long after the star itself is gone.
And so it is with people that we loved.
Their memories keep shining
ever brightly
though their time with us is done.
But the stars that light up the darkest night,
these are the stars that guide us. As we live our days these are the ways we remember,
we remember.
As we live our days these days we remember,
we remember.
We remember, we remember...
ReplyDeleteJust what the month of all souls invites us to do...
Thanks for your beautiful words, Madeline!
just wanted to clarify, those are not my own words; I do not know who wrote them, though.
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