Love is born
with a dark and troubled face
When hope is dead
and in the most unlikely place
Love is born;
Love is always born
- Leunig
This quote is mighty.
I used it on the back of the service booklet for Joseph's funeral (which was yesterday - finally). It speaks volumes to me and struck me when someone wrote it in a sympathy card I was given, because I had big fear that my love for Joseph would fade over time. If anything, I think it will get stronger (if that's possible) as time goes on, for him, for my husband, for our 3 others boys and my extended family.
I agree, insanity is definitely a necessary face of grief - a human face of grief. We're looking for a way to be normal.
Something that the priest said at the funeral yesterday really struck a cord with me, that is that maybe we're all just spiritual beings looking for a way to be human? We think it's the other way round.