One Lesson He'Ll Never Forget

She taught him many things in their lifetime together but it is his fervent belief one of her greatest teachings was how to handle someone else’s grief. Life will jump from joy to sorrow and, though, we’d love for joy to stay into our life, ready or not, sorrow finds a way. She taught him how sharing joy is easy…filled with happiness, and cheers… but how sorrow is more difficult to share…filled with grief, sadness, and tears. There were times he found her grieving…when his heart for her would yearn… and he would try so hard…too hard..to help her joy return. Until he finally learned the lesson she was trying to teach him… a lesson he’ll never forget… how there will be times he hopes for joy…but she’s not ready yet. It was one of the most difficult lessons he ever had to learn… how to be loving, kind and patient while waiting and hoping for her joy to return. How some things in life cannot be fixed… how she wasn’t looking for a guide… how she just wanted someone to hold her… and sit quietly by her side. Someone to let her be sad… how it’s enough just knowing that he cares… knowing once her grief’s subsides…he’ll still be sitting there…. Yes, he finally learned the lesson she’d been teaching since the first day that he met her… how sometimes a person needs to feel bad… before they can feel better.