My sister says grief is a bit like drowning. I know that despair, and have felt it at times far less desperate than these. I tell her, stop struggling, let yourself float up, and breathe slow and deep. Lungs full of air cannot sink.
On February 8 2007 my 22 year old son Jesse died after a ten day coma, due to complications from APL leukemia. He and his younger brother had just lost their dad in January 2003, just a few months after Jesse had started college. Jesse's first round with leukemia was in July-August 2004. He recovered in time to push himself through University of Michigan on time, with good grades, chemo and all. This time, we weren't so lucky.
"Lungs full of air cannot sink." So simply put yet beautifully written. Thank you...
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