It’s been three years since I met you and I have come to find
that you are a strange friend. I
feel so conflicted about meeting your acquaintance- most days I wish I had
never met you and then there are moments when I am thankful for all the things
you have brought to my life.
Because of you, I have heard the silence of family who do not
speak of my losses or the difficulty of walking this road day in, day out. But because of you, I have felt
the comfort of strangers who talk about my losses and their words have been a
healing balm. Like the lady who
looked like Mary Kay Ash with bright pink lipstick and pulled me aside at an
event and told me she was praying for me and that she saw my mother’s heart
when I spoke of my babies.
Yes, because of you, strangers feel like family and family feels
like strangers....
