tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2699042885255346769.post3238204765098077022..comments2023-05-12T05:17:32.379-06:00Comments on Good Grief: Wedding GuestNoelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13714541394769902623noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2699042885255346769.post-67588221458551675192011-06-08T11:16:20.271-06:002011-06-08T11:16:20.271-06:00Look! A comment finally showed up! I'm so happ...Look! A comment finally showed up! I'm so happy...Addiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08141998685403350378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2699042885255346769.post-11388549620701799162011-06-08T11:15:57.048-06:002011-06-08T11:15:57.048-06:00I eased myself in with weddings I didn't care ...I eased myself in with weddings I didn't care too much about. I still cried, but it wasn't as intense as you're describing, for which I'm grateful. You're normal, it's just a new normal that others don't necessarily experience, or don't experience so young. <br /><br />Sometimes I find myself gasping with what I've lived through, bewildered that I survived it with a sense of humor and love for Christ and others intact. And then I realize that it's the Holy Spirit, causing me to live beyond myself, for I alone could never do this. You alone can never do this, not well. You grieve honestly and openly and somehow, that is good and right and a blessing. Others see the love you still have for Sawan and are encouraged by that, even as they'd spare you the pain of missing him. Others see you wrestle honestly with God and are heartened that He is trustworthy with our doubts and fears and anger and He can take it all and love us through it.<br /><br />Weddings will never be the same again. It will never be the same again.<br /><br />But it can be better.Addiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08141998685403350378noreply@blogger.com