2b

I think, for me, the last year was about connectedness, which is ironic because I felt so alienated from so many of the people in my life. But I felt a deep deep sense of connectedness with suffering and grief in people around me. It was a beautiful, sad, overwhelming feeling of having a very human experience of loss shared by many in so many different ways. At some point, for the immediate weeks after Lucia died, I would see people as their suffering. I think it helped open my eyes to how vulnerable we all are.

Lori, that second-to-last paragraph... that is just such perfection. It's all wonderful, but regardless of how anyone feels about God or religion of any flavour (or not), that idea - that love repairs a broken world - sigh. It's wonderfully provocative.

Thank you so much for sharing this moment with us. I've heard a voice like that too [blog author references hearing God's voice], and still am not sure what I'd call it - but that's okay. The important thing, I think, is being open to hearing it, no matter what its source.