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Finally letting go of something is one of the most painful things to do.
I remember when I was 12, my best friend Louise gave me a freindship bracelet, the ones made out of weaved thread you make yourself, I never took it off until three years later she died in a car crash. I refused ot take the bracelet off even though the beads dug into my wrist, taking it off would mean cutting it, I simply couldn't let go of the only physical connection I had with Louise.
For weeks, the bracelet haunted me, I couldn't stop thinking about Louise, the link I had with her cemented round my wrist reminded me of Louise, and was with me forever.
It got to the point a month and a half after her death, I had to take it off, it was cutting off my blood supply. I went to the kitchen, got scissors out of the knife draw and snipped it. I felt like I'd just had the whole world taken off my shoulders, it was such a release.
I put it in a box with other things Louise had given me over the years,I cherish it, yet when I took it off I was able to treasure Louise's memory but get on with my own life.
In life, we all hold on to things that do us no good, keep the memories, but don't cling to them, remember they are just memories, that time cannot come back, no matter how much we yearn for them to. That is what a memory is all about, sometimes we loose sight of this and get ourselves stuck in the past.
We have to move on to bigger and better things.
I miss Louise so much, she was one of life's few good people, I have never had another friendship with anyone like I had with her. Yet I know she would want me to move on and let go.
RIP LOUISE VICTORIA HAYES X
LOVED BY ALL WHO KNEW HER.
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Posted by goaheadandlietome on 2008-02-16 13:49:09 | Rating: | Views: 79
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I am so sorry you lost your friend.i too have a hard time letting go of things.in 2005 i lost my husband of 26 years.6 months ago i lost my daughter in law.I have kept bags and bags of their belongings in my closets,and on shelves,along with ther urns in each end of my house.i can't let go.I am beginning now to start.thank you.
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Posted by luckycharm612
on 2008-02-17 10:32:50
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