This is the wisest, most compassionate writing about love, pain, and acceptance I have ever read.

… the absence of pain. On the contrary, experiencing real pain made me more capable of profound joy. When I look back on my time with Sam, the moments that were the happiest were small. They were simple. They were fleeting. It was their fragility, their fleeting-ness that made them miraculous. It was th…

What My Son’s Final Words Taught Me About Happiness

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Deborah Barchi

Dec 23, 2020

This is the wisest, most compassionate writing about love, pain, and acceptance I have ever read. You have taught me so much. And so has Sam. “Love does not end with breath”. I believe that. Long live Sam and your loving memories of him.

Written by Deborah Barchi

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Deborah Barchi has recently retired from her career as a librarian and now has time to read, explore nature, and write poetry and essays.

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