MARCH 11
We are called to be food and drink for one another.
—WENDY M. WRIGHTThat’s how important we are to each other—as essential as
food and water. And especially now, when we are suffering
from loss.
We need our friends and family to comfort us, to buffer
against loneliness, to share our memories and our grief.
And they need us—to continue to love them, to let them
know we have not cut them off as we work our way through
our sorrow, to be attentive, as we are able, to the ongoing
needs in their lives.
And it isn’t automatic, that these bonds of love and
friendship will be honored. Especially when we are feeling
sad, it may seem easier to isolate ourselves.
But that will not do. It isn’t good for anyone. The nourish-
ment we need to live fully comes not only from food and
drink, but from the people we love and who love us.
I will not allow my sorrow to be a barrier between me and the
people I love. Sometimes it may even be a bridge.