If I Could Reach Through The Phone

I heard from a friend the other day who has lost a loved one. It has been over a year or more since her loss. As we spoke I could hear and feel the terrible pain she is still in and I wanted to reach through the phone and hold her to insure that things will get better and I was there to help. It’s such a small gesture that can mean so much when someone is in such pain. I listened to her as she told me of her loneliness and was taken back by her sorrow.

Her life as it was is completely removed. The home once shared has now become a rental until she is able to sell. She has moved back north, found another job, and is barely functioning both personally or financially.

I don’t know her location, she wants to remain aloof, but I think of her often as I go about my day, living my life.

If I could reach through the phone I would hug all the people who are so very dear in my life. I’d hug them and feel their hugs back, life is good.