- Feb 19, 2000
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The death of a loved one always leaves a helpless, empty feeling for a while.
I have known and loved Carol Ann for forty years. We were moody, lonely teenagers when we met, and we grew through everything together, through all the changes: marriages, births, divorces, birthdays and baptisms. We were always at each other's side.
And now she has gone on without me.
It grieves me that I could not attend Carol's funeral. I have one last gift for her, a poem. I can't share this with Carol. But I can share it with other friends, and due to my life circumstances, almost all of my other friends are right here in the AnandTech Off Topic Forum. I will never meet you face to face, but you are more vivid to me than many of the walking shadows who pass through my so-called "real" life.
The death of a loved one leaves a hole, a void where something belongs. We can try to fill in the hole by weeping into it, but our tears will never be enough. I poured this poem in, and it was better than tears, and now I can let go.
~For Carol, with Love, from Jean~
I have known and loved Carol Ann for forty years. We were moody, lonely teenagers when we met, and we grew through everything together, through all the changes: marriages, births, divorces, birthdays and baptisms. We were always at each other's side.
And now she has gone on without me.
It grieves me that I could not attend Carol's funeral. I have one last gift for her, a poem. I can't share this with Carol. But I can share it with other friends, and due to my life circumstances, almost all of my other friends are right here in the AnandTech Off Topic Forum. I will never meet you face to face, but you are more vivid to me than many of the walking shadows who pass through my so-called "real" life.
The death of a loved one leaves a hole, a void where something belongs. We can try to fill in the hole by weeping into it, but our tears will never be enough. I poured this poem in, and it was better than tears, and now I can let go.
~For Carol, with Love, from Jean~