4-ever grief

On February 26, 2008 I wrote:

I've been thinking about endings and how you rarely know when it will be the last time you see someone...I think I may be approaching this (end) with my beloved Glen. Often you don't know - but with a diagnosis of lung cancer, you have the opportunity to know that the end is near..."

And on August 24, 2010 I wrote:

Time marches on - routines develop and replace old patterns. The pain from grief lessens but seems to engulf me at unexpected moments...

Yesterday I received a phone call from Glen's sister - Barbara, their mother was diagnosed with lung cancer - very late stage - and the physical pain and grief crashes down on me once again.

Grief is unending - renewed with each loss or impending loss. Grief is forever.

As someone said to me a few months ago, "You never get over grief - so get over it."