Musings on the Death of My Perfect Partner

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John A Bayerl

John A Bayerl
Location
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Birthday
May 30
Bio
My wife of 47+ years died at home with me at her side, on November 12, 2010. She and I, together with our children and many friends and relatives, fought her cancer for four years, seven months and a week. This blog acknowledges her courage and exemplary life. She taught us how to live, and she taught us how to die. The blog also honors the love she shared with everyone who knew her.I am a retired school counselor and college professor.

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JUNE 2, 2012 4:02PM

DAYBREAK, by Gabriela Mistral, Chilean Poet

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My heart swells that the
          universe
like a fiery cascade may
          enter.
The new day comes.  Its coming
          leaves me breathless.
I sing like a cavern
          brimming
I sing a new day.

For grace lost and recovered
I stand humble.  Not giving.
           Receiving.
Until the gorgon night,
           vanquished, flees.

This poem reflects who I feel like today, it is  a poem of such hope.

Once again, Dear, you let me know that you are with me.   I was down at my desk waiting for something I was printing to be finished.  Your high-school graduation picture is on a shelf next to the printer, and when I picked it up to look again at how pretty you are a sheet of paper with this poem on it was beneath.

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Moments like this are blessings :)
For sure they are blessings, Mary, I also love that poem; fills me with hope and a desire to get up tomorrow mornign.
A beautiful coincidence.
Love those coincidences, Chicken Man, things that draw us nearer are always welcome and appreciated.
I hope a planned remembering for you from her...
No matter, LL, it's nice to have that remembrance.
Remembering the past is so very pleasant. It becomes a struggle not to live in it. Turning aside to continue with life seems so disloyal to the one who has gone on. Yet, life goes on.......

;-)
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John,it is a poem of such hope..you said it so wisely..And each day is a hoρe.!So rated ...."I also love that poem; fills me with hope and a desire to get up tomorrow mornign""..I know the feeling...
Sky, yes, I know about that disloyal feeling.
Stathi, in the final analysis hope is what it's all about, isn't it. Loved your post today.
This warmed my heart, John. In my books, hope brings possibilities.
'things that draw us nearer'

...the swelling heart, the rising sun...

I bet your Gwen was a connector...of people and of other beautiful things.
Like that, Kate; hope brings possibilities.
Gosh, catch-22, such beautiful words; "the swelling heart, the rising sun" as watch another sunrise through the now green world.