Whole vs Hole
To lose someone you love is to alter your life forever. . . The pain stops, there are new people, but the gap never closes. . . This hole in your heart is the shape of the one you lost – no one else can fit it. – Jeanette Winterson Today most of this quote rings true to me, still not sure about the pain stopping, but the part about the hole in your heart being the shape of the one you lost fits how I felt today. Today Jaelyn and I went to visit friends, Bill and Laurie Baltaeff, who live in the Philadelphia area. We have not seen them since Scott’s funeral. Bill and Scott were close friends for about fifteen years. Bill and Laurie married when Jaelyn was nine months old. Ever since they started dating, it has been the four of us (plus kids) getting together. Today, Scott’s loss and absence was very obvious. Whenever Jaelyn and I get together with friends, Scott’s absence is amplified and this changes the wh...