For Nancy, and anyone going through a hard time

the broken heart.


If your heart is broken,
do not wrap it in bandages
but leave it wide open
to the weather.
Let the sun warm it,
let the rain wash it,
and let the wind plant it
with seeds of new growth.
Before you know it,
your poor broken heart
will have grown a garden
of glorious flowers.
People will visit it,
birds will sing in it
and the wind will bear its seeds
to other broken hearts.

by Joy Cowley
 
via randomness
 
 
My own heart has broken several times this year, and saying goodbye to my beloved Ariel is one of the reasons. Sweet Nancy is going through her own hard goodbye right now. Please send her thoughts of love and light and healing. Goodbyes are always hard, but the love and memories our friends leave behind stay forever.
 



Ariel kitty and her bunny