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Pause

Posted on: October 11, 2023 | Posted by: Kathie Neff

Aaron Burden via unsplash.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

There are times

when words

fail

 

when

life

demands

pause.

 

 

 

There are times

when

Life

fails

 

Humans

fail

 

Goodness

fails;

 

leaves us

frozen

in

disbelief

 

grasping

for

some

yesterday

that is not

now.

 

 

 

There are times

of

human

failure

when

the shadow

brings darkness

to

the

entire

world

all at once.

 

 

 

Locked

in

frozen stillness

we cannot:

do

speak

remember.

 

 

 

we

must

watch

wait

and

beg.

 

 

 

we

must

pause.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Categories: Newly Widowed, Widowed, Widowed Emotions, Widowed Therapy

About Kathie Neff

Kathie Neff was widowed on April 15, 2021. She and her beloved husband, Dan, were high school sweethearts and enjoyed dancing and riding horses together. They lived in gratitude, hope and forgiveness for 50 years and nine months when Dan passed quietly late at night, surrounded by their seven children who, with Kathie, were caring for him in their family home.

Dan and Kathie have been a part of Camp Widow and Soaring Spirits International since its inception, as members of Michele Neff Hernandez’s cadre of helpers from the Neff family.

Kathie believes strongly in the strength and bond that is the gift of community and brings a heart of love for all who have been affected by death and dying.

Long live love. XO

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