With the extensive treatment and hospitalization, financial burdens are added; little luxuries at first and necessities later on may not be afforded … - Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

Now, after many years and many lessons, I know that my mother lives on in my heart and mind, and in the words of this page. I also believe she exists elsewhere, in some other way. I can’t see her or touch her, but I can feel her. Even in loss and separation, I am clear that I was with my mother in her last days, even though I could not physically be there.

if you go and dance at a lot of weddings,
youll cry at a lot of funerals.
if you were at the beginning of many moments,
youll be there when they end.
if you have a lot of friends,
youll experience that many break ups.
if you think that the loss you feel is great,
its because youve attempted that many things in your life.
if you made a lot of mistakes,
its better than having lived without doing anything at all.
it is not unhappiness to be unable to reach a star,
unhappiness is that you don't have a star that you cannot reach.

so many ways, loss shows us what is precious, while love teaches us who