It's not easy but I try to celebrate it every day.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I think you can celebrate life with simple pleasures. The smell of flowers, a guilty cookie break, the smile that comes when you hear children at play, crawling into crisp clean sheets and so on. As I age I find pleasure in most everything. As a younger woman I expected perfection in myself and wanted it in others. That never works.
LouLou
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June 25, 2018
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there is a good reason why it is not easy. Life is not all good. Misery and death happen every moment of every day. We have to ignore that fact to be "celebratory".
RandyTerry
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June 25, 2018
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@Jonado I don't think celebratory has to be a party either. I am not saying one shouldn't celebrate from time to time. I am saying it is impossible to celebrate misery and loss. I suppose it all comes down to the definition of "celebrate". MW is kind of a mixed bag.
We, as far as I know, don't say "We are gathered here to celebrate the death of a loved one". We say ". . .the life of a loved one" even though they are in fact dead. That is what I am saying. Even at the funeral we are trying to ignore the loss. Thinking about loss sucks.
If I think about my wife being dead for like a few seconds, I get sad. Even if I think of the good times I eventually start thinking how there will never be good times with her again because she is dead and I get sad. Right now, I can only be joyous when my late wife is out of mind.
It's only been 12 weeks. Maybe things will change, but I don't see how.
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