Loss

"I miss you, I miss your smile, and I still shed a tear every once in a while.  But even though its different now, your still here somehow.  My heart won't let you go and I need you to know; I miss you."- Lyrics to "I miss you" by Miley Cyrus.

I know that you probably don't want to hear someone quoting lyrics from a Disney star that no longer has a good career but they fit.  I'm sorry I'm not sorry.  If it makes you feel better a songwriting couple with the last name Green helped write the song.  But if you take away the voice behind the song and instead focus on the meaning of the lyrics you will find that who sings it doesn't really matter at all.

Loss is something we all go through.  Whether you lost your pet caterpillar that you had to leave outside because Mom said so or you lost your Dad, loss is something that effects us all.  In the past years I have lost a great aunt, a grandmother, a cat, and an aunt.  I was too little to remember my great aunt's passing but all of the others hit me in one way or another.  My aunt was the most recent death.  Her funeral was this past August.  I'm not much of a cry-er but I felt with her as I have felt before and will always feel...I just wish I could have spent more time with them.  I wish they were still here, that I could just dial their number and they would pick up the phone or I could drive by their house and it would still be theirs.

Today in Spanish Class we were told to write a letter regarding a person we had lost in honor of Day of the Dead.  This is what gave me the idea for a post.  People were on the verge of tears.  Then after that class we had an assembly about Distracted Driving and heard stories by people that had somehow been connected to an accident.  Today was a very somber day filled with a bombardment of the synonyms and feelings associated with the word: DEATH.

My Spanish teacher asked me this so now I'm asking you:
What is one word that you think of when you think of death?
And also, think about the people in your life that are still alive.  Do me a favor and call one of them up and just talk.  You'll be glad you did when you can no longer.  If you know someone is suffering from a loss just be there for them and if you have lost someone just try to remember...they'll always be in your heart (Tarzan reference I hope you don't mind).

Now enjoy this wonderful song by Train that is both a song about loss and love.

                                                                   XOXOXOXOXO Mel.