We Must Support Each Other
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The first days and weeks of being a widow are difficult. The perception that we are alone and the only ones grieving intensifies our pain and isolation.
Jan is dead, but I am not alone. However, she is and always will be with me.
I will forever be grateful for the support from family and friends, especially the many widow friends I have met this year and the spiritual support of Rabbi Dr. Renee Edeleman.
When I had doubts, I focused on the words of Maya Angelou.
Each of us has lived through some devastation, some loneliness, some weather superstorm or spiritual superstorm. When we look at each other, we must say, I understand. I understand how you feel because I have been there myself. We must support each other because each of us is more alike than we are unalike.
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Alone Together
Estimated reading time: 0 minutes, 56 secondsMaya Angelou’s Alone is a poem about loneliness and togetherness, a ‘thinking out loud’ reflection on vulnerability and community ‘Nobody, but nobody, can make it out here alone.’ Though written in 1975, it resonates with the alone/together experiences we’ve all lived through during the pandemic.
