Greetings to all
who visit my blog & Foadac outreach,
I have been away from
my outreach and my blog for quite some sometime now. That is because the cold
hands of death took my sister away. She was my friend , she was my poster girl
for (foadac) My sister was beautiful , kind , loving , fun , a jewel that was
simply special .
There is no other
loss in adult life that appears to be so neglected as the death of a brother or
sister. It is sometimes not even a subject of discussion. Nevertheless, this is
a loss to which most of us are repeatedly exposed. While we have only one
mother, one father, and one spouse (at least at any given point in time), it is
not uncommon to have several siblings. Therefore we are more exposed to sibling
deaths than to other losses.
When you lose a
brother or sister in adult life, you experience many of the same losses as you
would if you had lost that sibling in childhood. However, despite the fact that
you are more mature and have access to the resources you require, you have the
disadvantage that there is less social recognition of the loss as an important
one.
The death of a
sister means that you have lost someone who was a part of your formative past.
This person shared common memories with you, along with critical childhood
experiences and family history.
Abby has died and
I have lost someone who has been in my life for a very long time. A constant in
my life is now gone though not erased.
When death robs you
of a sibling, it feels particularly unfair, untimely, and cruel. On the
flip side, her sweet and gentle soul has now moved on to the great beyond and
resting in perfect peace.
So I will just
let grief run its course as I continue to thank God for allowing me to
share in her life.
Please bear with me
as I run this series on my blog for a little while yet!!
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