Resurrection

It's Easter Sunday. This day, with it's meaning and traditions invites comfort and hope. In the context of grieving and loss, today provides a possible solution to mourning, in resurrection.

But awating the renewal is alway hard, as we seek to understand a loss. Why do some linger and others die easily? Like, the Alzheimer patient whose body is crippled and whose mind is gone Or, the one who goes to bed perfectly healthy one night and never wakes up. It makes no sense. The ones who are left to watch the scenario shake their heads in bewilderment as the loss disturbs their equilibibrium and rational.

It's hard for us humans to not have an answer. We seek  answers in all we do, from which car to buy, to which state of consciousness best supports our beliefs. We seem to need reports, explanations, examples, and concrete reasoning. Tis the dilemma with loss, as their are no clearly defined ways to endure.

David Underwood, LCSW, BCD, during a talk about grief and loss, said, "as with everything in life, we write the narrative and give it meaning. Our style of grieving reflects the distinctly different experiences each of us has." And, so it is, we find our own answers to the questions  by choosing the explanation that relieves us.

I guess, knowing that at some point their is renewal or resurrection, we can hope that our chosen story will support us until that actual truth is known. Of course, that is, if we do learn the truth.